Lusitanian Illusion
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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.
| Released | Apr 22, 2010 |
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| Runtime | 1h 5min |
| Genre | Documentary, History |
| Actor | António de Oliveira Salazar, Américo Tomás, Hanna Schygulla |
| Director | João Canijo |
| Production | Periferia Filmes |