Lusitanian Illusion

Lusitanian Illusion

65 mins | Documentary, History | April 22, 2010

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.

Lusitanian Illusion

65 mins | Documentary, History | April 22, 2010

Lusitanian Illusion
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Periferia Filmes
Original title Fantasia Lusitana
Directors João Canijo
Writers João Canijo

Cast

António de Oliveira Salazar

as Self (archive footage)

Américo Tomás

as Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)

Hanna Schygulla

as Erika Mann (voice)

Rüdiger Vogler

as Alfred Döblin (voice)

Christian Patey

as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)

Annabella

as Self (archive footage)

Danielle Darrieux

as Self (archive footage)

Louis Jouvet

as Self (archive footage)

Robert Montgomery

as Self (archive footage)

Madeleine Ozeray

as Self (archive footage)

António Lopes Ribeiro

as Self (archive footage)

Tyrone Power

as Self (archive footage)

Simone Simon

as Self (archive footage)