Lusitanian Illusion (2010)

6.4/10 65 min Documentary History

Overview

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

Self (archive footage)

Américo Tomás

Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)

Hanna Schygulla

Erika Mann (voice)

Rüdiger Vogler

Alfred Döblin (voice)

Annabella

Self (archive footage)

Danielle Darrieux

Self (archive footage)

Louis Jouvet

Self (archive footage)

Robert Montgomery

Self (archive footage)

Madeleine Ozeray

Self (archive footage)

António Lopes Ribeiro

Self (archive footage)

Tyrone Power

Self (archive footage)

Simone Simon

Self (archive footage)

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