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  • Lusitania Illusion(2010)
  • 65 min | Documentary, History
Lusitania Illusion(2010)
65 min | Documentary, History

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...See moreImages 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.Written by Artemis-9 See less
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Director
Writers
João Canijo (written by) | António de Oliveira Salazar (excerpts from speeches) | Alfred Döblin (excerpts from memoirs) | Erika Mann (excerpts from memoirs) | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (excerpts from memoirs)
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Updated Apr 22, 2010

Release date
Jun 2010 (United States)
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19 cast members
Name Known for
Hanna Schygulla
Erika Mann (voice) Erika Mann (voice) See fewer
Rüdiger Vogler
Alfred Döblin (voice) Alfred Döblin (voice) See fewer
Christian Patey
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice) See fewer
Annabella
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Danielle Darrieux
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Pedro De Freitas Branco
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Óscar Fragoso Carmona
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira
Self - Lisbon Cardinal (archive footage) Self - Lisbon Cardinal (archive footage) See fewer
Louis Jouvet
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
António Lopes Ribeiro
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Valentin Mandelstamm
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Robert Montgomery
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Madeleine Ozeray
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Fernando Peça
Self - Newsreels Narrator (voice) (archive footage) Self - Newsreels Narrator (voice) (archive footage) See fewer
Tyrone Power
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Porfirio Rubirosa
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
António de Oliveira Salazar
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Simone Simon
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Américo Thomaz
Self - President of the Republic (archive footage) (as Américo Tomaz) Self - President of the Republic (archive footage) (as Américo Tomaz) See fewer
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