Lusitanian Illusion

Lusitanian Illusion (2010)

★ 6.4 (7) 1h 5m 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.

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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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