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Lusitanian Illusion

6.4 / 10 6.4 2010 1h 5m

DocumentaryHistory

Images and sounds expose the duality of Portugal during the days of WW2: a peaceful, god-loving, rural country, providing an escape route for over one hundred thousand European refugees to the Americas; and a political and cultural elite that disguised their Nazi inclinations just enough to play its neutral role in international politics.

Directed by João Canijo

CAST

The people behind the story

António de Oliveira Salazar

António de Oliveira SalazarSelf (archive footage)

Américo Tomás

Américo TomásSelf - President of the Republic (archive footage)

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna SchygullaErika Mann (voice)

Rüdiger Vogler

Rüdiger VoglerAlfred Döblin (voice)

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Christian PateyAntoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)

Annabella

AnnabellaSelf (archive footage)

Danielle Darrieux

Danielle DarrieuxSelf (archive footage)

Louis Jouvet

Louis JouvetSelf (archive footage)

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