Lusitanian Illusion

Lusitanian Illusion

1h 5m 6.4/10

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.

Director

João Canijo

Top Billed Cast

Rüdiger Vogler

Rüdiger Vogler

Alfred Döblin (voice)

Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Erika Mann (voice)

Annabella

Annabella

Self (archive footage)

Américo Tomás

Américo Tomás

Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)

Christian Patey

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)

António de Oliveira Salazar

António de Oliveira Salazar

Self (archive footage)

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