Lusitanian Illusion
Fantasia Lusitana
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.
2010-04-22
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Cast
Director
João Canijo
António de Oliveira Salazar as Self (archive footage)
Américo Tomás as Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)
Hanna Schygulla as Erika Mann (voice)
Rüdiger Vogler as Alfred Döblin (voice)
Annabella as Self (archive footage)
Danielle Darrieux as Self (archive footage)
Louis Jouvet as Self (archive footage)
Robert Montgomery as Self (archive footage)
Madeleine Ozeray as Self (archive footage)
António Lopes Ribeiro as Self (archive footage)
Tyrone Power as Self (archive footage)
Simone Simon as Self (archive footage)