Lusitanian Illusion

#272 among films

Runtime

1h 5m

Lusitanian Illusion runs 1h 5m.

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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