Lusitanian Illusion
2010Images 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.
Acted in
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)
Christian Patey
as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (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)