Lusitanian Illusion

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MOVIE

Lusitanian Illusion

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.

Original Title

Fantasia Lusitana

Release Date

2010-04-22

Year

2010

Duration

1h 5m

Status

Released

Score

6.40

Genres

DocumentaryHistory

Production

#nazi#portugal#world-war-ii#neutral

Cast

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)

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Christian Patey

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)

Annabella

Annabella

Self (archive footage)

Danielle Darrieux

Danielle Darrieux

Self (archive footage)

Louis Jouvet

Louis Jouvet

Self (archive footage)

Robert Montgomery

Robert Montgomery

Self (archive footage)

Madeleine Ozeray

Madeleine Ozeray

Self (archive footage)