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Fantasia Lusitana (2010)

Fantasia Lusitana poster
Directed by
João Canijo
Genre
documentary film
Country
Portugal
Runtime
1h 05m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary examines how the Estado Novo regime in Portugal used propaganda during World War Two. It presents archival material and quotes from exiled writers like Erika Mann, Alfred Döblin, and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, as spoken by actors.

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What happens

Fantasia Lusitana (portugiesisch für: Lusitanische Phantasie) ist ein Dokumentarfilm des portugiesischen Regisseurs João Canijo aus dem Jahr 2010. Der Film entstand unter Mithilfe des Historikers Hugo dos Santos und beschäftigt sich mit der Propaganda der semi-faschistischen Estado-Novo-Diktatur in Portugal während des Zweiten Weltkriegs (1939–1945). Er ist wie ein Propagandafilm der Zeit aufgemacht, und in ihm sind Zeugnisse einiger bekannter Persönlichkeiten zu hören, die sich zu der Zeit als Exilanten in Portugal aufhielten. Hanna Schygulla spricht dabei Zitate von Erika Mann, Rüdiger Vogler spricht Zitate von Alfred Döblin, und Christian Patey spricht Zitate von Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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