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Lusitanian Illusion

6.420101h 5m
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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.

Directed by João Canijo

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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

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)

Annabella

Annabella

Self (archive footage)

Danielle Darrieux

Danielle Darrieux

Self (archive footage)

Louis Jouvet

Louis Jouvet

Self (archive footage)

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