Lusitanian Illusion

6.4 / 10

(7 votes)

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.

Country:

Portugal

Genre:

Documentary,

History

Duration:

65 minutes

Year:

2010

Director:

João Canijo

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Company:

Periferia Filmes

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)

Christian Patey

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)

Crew:
João Canijo

Director

João Braz

Editor

François Loubeyre

Sound Mixer

João Canijo

Writer

Pedro Góis

Sound