Lusitanian Illusion
movie
View on VideBits →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 & crew
Américo Tomás · Annabella · António de Oliveira Salazar · Christian Patey · Danielle Darrieux · Hanna Schygulla · Louis Jouvet · Madeleine Ozeray · Robert Montgomery · Rüdiger Vogler · João Canijo