Lusitanian Illusion (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.
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Cast
António de Oliveira Salazar
as Self (archive footage)
António de Oliveira Salazar (28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese statesman who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He was responsible for the Estado Novo ("New State"),...
Américo Tomás
as Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)
Américo de Deus Rodrigues Tomás was a Portuguese Navy officer and politician who served as the 13th President of Portugal from 1958 to 1974..
Hanna Schygulla
as Erika Mann (voice)
Hanna Schygulla (born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer. She is generally considered the most prominent German actress of the New German Cinema. Over 12 years, Hanna Schygulla a...
Rüdiger Vogler
as Alfred Döblin (voice)
Annabella
as Self (archive footage)
Annabella (born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier; 14 July 1907 - 18 September 1996) was a French actress..
Danielle Darrieux
as Self (archive footage)
Danielle Darrieux (French pronunciation: [da.niɛl i.vɔn ma.ʁi ɑ̃.twa.nɛt daʁ.jø]) (May 1, 1917 – October 17, 2017) was a French actress and singer, who appeared in more than 110 films after 1931. She...
Director
João Canijo
