Synopsis
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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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)
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