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Lusitanian Illusion

64% | Apr 22, 2010 | Documentary, History

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.

Featured Crew

João Canijo
Director
João Braz
Editor

Cast

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António de Oliveira Salazar
Self (archive footage)
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Américo Tomás
Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)
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Hanna Schygulla
Erika Mann (voice)
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Rüdiger Vogler
Alfred Döblin (voice)
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Christian Patey
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)

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