Lusitanian Illusion

6.4

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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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)

Danielle Darrieux

Self (archive footage)

Louis Jouvet

Self (archive footage)

Robert Montgomery

Self (archive footage)

Madeleine Ozeray

Self (archive footage)

António Lopes Ribeiro

Self (archive footage)

Tyrone Power

Self (archive footage)

Simone Simon

Self (archive footage)

Directing

João Canijo

Director

Editing

João Braz

Editor

Production

João Trabulo

Producer

Sound

François Loubeyre

Sound Mixer

Pedro Góis

Sound

Writing

João Canijo

Writer

Directing

João Canijo

Director

Editing

João Braz

Editor

Production

João Trabulo

Producer

Sound

François Loubeyre

Sound Mixer

Pedro Góis

Sound

Writing

João Canijo

Writer