Persian Lessons

Persian Lessons

2020
2h 7m
7.5

7.5/10

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War Drama
Overview

Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an ingenious trick, Gilles manages to survive by inventing words of "Farsi" every day and teaching them to Koch.

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Revenue: $3,825,668

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
LM Media One Two Films Belarusfilm Hype Studios
Production Countries
Russia Germany Belarus France
Spoken Languages
German Italian French Persian English

Keywords

nazi concentration camp world war ii concentration camp prisoner german officer exhaustion fictional language jewish

Quick Facts

Release Date April 17, 2020
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt9738784
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Cast

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart

Gilles

Lars Eidinger
Lars Eidinger

Klaus Koch

Jonas Nay
Jonas Nay

Max

Leonie Benesch
Leonie Benesch

Elsa

Alexander Beyer
Alexander Beyer

Camp Commander

David Schütter
David Schütter

Paul

Luisa-Céline Gaffron
Luisa-Céline Gaffron

Yana

Andreas Hofer
Andreas Hofer

Adjutant von Dewitz

Giuseppe Schillaci
Giuseppe Schillaci

Marco Rossi

Antonin Chalon
Antonin Chalon

Jacob Rossi

Lola Bessis
Lola Bessis

Melanie

Mehdi Rahim-Silvioli
Mehdi Rahim-Silvioli

Nathan

Key Crew

Murad Osmann
Producer
Ilya Zofin
Screenplay
Vadim Perelman
Director
Pavel Burya
Producer
Ilya Stewart
Producer
Rauf Atamalibekov
Producer
Timur Bekmambetov
Producer
Ilya Zofin
Producer