The read
It runs a compact 1h 5m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
7 audience votes
Key crew
- João CanijoDirector
- João CanijoWriter
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)