Lusitanian Illusion (2010)

★ 6.4 1h 5m IMDb
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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

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António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar as Self (archive footage) Died 1970 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
Américo Tomás as Self - President of the Republic (archive footage) Died 1987 · Lisbon, Portugal 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
Hanna Schygulla as Erika Mann (voice) Age 82 · Chorzów, Polska 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
Rüdiger Vogler as Alfred Döblin (voice) Age 84 · Warthausen, Germany
Annabella
Annabella as Self (archive footage) Died 1996 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France Annabella (born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier; 14 July 1907 - 18 September 1996) was a French actress..
Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Darrieux as Self (archive footage) Died 2017 · Bordeaux, Gironde, France 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
Cast António de Oliveira Salazar, Américo Tomás, Hanna Schygulla, Rüdiger Vogler, Christian Patey, Annabella, Danielle Darrieux, Louis Jouvet, Robert Montgomery, Madeleine Ozeray

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