Lusitanian Illusion
First aired on Apr 22, 2010
Runtime: 65 mins
60%
Genres: 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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
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)
Annabella | Self (archive footage)
Featured Crew
João Canijo | Director
João Braz | Editor
João Canijo | Writer
Pedro Góis | Sound
François Loubeyre | Sound Mixer
João Trabulo | Producer
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