Persian Lessons
436 reviews
War/Drama
2h 7m
2020
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...
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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.
- DirectorVadim Perelman
- Release17 April 2020
- Genre
- Duration2h 7m
- Budget?
- Revenue$3,825,668
- Rate436 reviews
- Productions
Hype Film, LM Media, One Two Films, Belarusfilm
Cast

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Gilles

Lars Eidinger
Klaus Koch

Jonas Nay
Max

Leonie Benesch
Elsa

Alexander Beyer
Camp Commander

David Schütter
Paul

Luisa-Céline Gaffron
Yana

Andreas Hofer
Adjutant von Dewitz

Giuseppe Schillaci
Marco Rossi

Antonin Chalon
Jacob Rossi

Lola Bessis
Melanie

Mehdi Rahim-Silvioli
Nathan

Sofya Gershevich
Melanie

Nico Ehrenteit
Obersturmführer Krupp

Gareth McGregor
US Army Officer

Marcus Calvin
American Investigator

Peter Beck
Nazi Doctor

Felix von Bredow
SS-Untersturmführer Siemens

Oleg Veber
German soldier

Svetlana Anikey
SS German Girl 1

Elena Girenok
SS German Girl 4

Serge Barbagallo
France KAPO

Pascal Elso
French Policeman

Ingo Hülsmann
SS-Sturmbannführer Farber

Elena Stetsenko
Stenographer

Gennadiy Fomin
Farmer

Anton Zhukov
German Soldier Innsbruck
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