Lusitanian Illusion
Documentary History

Lusitanian Illusion

⭐ 6.4/10 📅 2010 ⏱ 1h 5m Released

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.

🎭 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)
Christian Patey
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)
António Lopes Ribeiro
António Lopes Ribeiro
Self (archive footage)
Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
Self (archive footage)

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