Lusitanian Illusion
Lusitanian Illusion

Lusitanian Illusion

6.4

1 hr 5 min

2010-04-22

7

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.

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Characters

António de Oliveira Salazar

António de Oliveira Salazar

Self (archive footage)

Américo Tomás

Américo Tomás

Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Erika Mann (voice)

Rüdiger Vogler

Rüdiger Vogler

Alfred Döblin (voice)

Christian Patey

Christian Patey

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)

Annabella

Annabella

Self (archive footage)

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