Lusitanian Illusion

Lusitanian Illusion 2010

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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.

  • Released: 2010-04-22
  • Runtime: 65 minutes
  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Stars: António de Oliveira Salazar, Américo Tomás, Hanna Schygulla, Rüdiger Vogler, Christian Patey, Annabella, Danielle Darrieux, Louis Jouvet, Robert Montgomery, Madeleine Ozeray, António Lopes Ribeiro, Tyrone Power, Simone Simon
  • Director: João Canijo