Lusitanian Illusion

Lusitanian Illusion

Documentary|

History|

6/10

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.

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