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Lusitanian Illusion

Name: Lusitanian Illusion
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2010-04-22
Rating: 6.4
Cast: António de Oliveira Salazar, Américo Tomás, Hanna Schygulla, Rüdiger Vogler, Christian Patey

2010-04-22

65 min

6.4

DocumentaryHistory

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.

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António de Oliveira SalazarAmérico TomásHanna SchygullaRüdiger VoglerChristian Patey

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