Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Filming locations
Filmed in Setúbal and Lisbon
Details
- Director
- Writer
- João CanijoWriter
- Original title
- Fantasia Lusitana
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 22, 2010
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Portugal
Production
Cast
António de Oliveira SalazarSelf (archive footage)
Américo TomásSelf - President of the Republic (archive footage)
Hanna SchygullaErika Mann (voice)
Rüdiger VoglerAlfred Döblin (voice)- Christian PateyAntoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)
AnnabellaSelf (archive footage)
Danielle DarrieuxSelf (archive footage)
Louis JouvetSelf (archive footage)
Robert MontgomerySelf (archive footage)
Madeleine OzeraySelf (archive footage)
António Lopes RibeiroSelf (archive footage)
Tyrone PowerSelf (archive footage)
Simone SimonSelf (archive footage)
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