Lusitanian Illusion
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.
Cast
Self (archive footage)
António de Oliveira SalazarSelf - President of the Republic (archive footage)
Américo TomásErika Mann (voice)
Hanna SchygullaAlfred Döblin (voice)
Rüdiger VoglerAntoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)
Christian PateySelf (archive footage)
AnnabellaSelf (archive footage)
Danielle DarrieuxSelf (archive footage)
Louis JouvetSelf (archive footage)
Robert MontgomerySelf (archive footage)
Madeleine Ozeray
António de Oliveira SalazarSelf - President of the Republic (archive footage)
Américo TomásErika Mann (voice)
Hanna SchygullaAlfred Döblin (voice)
Rüdiger VoglerAntoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)
Christian PateySelf (archive footage)
AnnabellaSelf (archive footage)
Danielle DarrieuxSelf (archive footage)
Louis JouvetSelf (archive footage)
Robert MontgomerySelf (archive footage)
Madeleine Ozeray
