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Persian Lessons

Original title: Persischstunden

  • Movie
  • 2020
  • 2h 7m

Directed by Vadim Perelman

7.6

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7.6 out of 10 from 532 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Nahuel Pérez Biscayart

    Nahuel Pérez BiscayartGilles

  • Lars Eidinger

    Lars EidingerKlaus Koch

  • Jonas Nay

    Jonas NayMax

  • Leonie Benesch

    Leonie BeneschElsa

  • Alexander Beyer

    Alexander BeyerCamp Commander

  • David Schütter

    David SchütterPaul

  • Luisa-Céline Gaffron

    Luisa-Céline GaffronYana

  • Andreas Hofer

    Andreas HoferAdjutant von Dewitz

  • Giuseppe Schillaci

    Giuseppe SchillaciMarco Rossi

  • Antonin Chalon

    Antonin ChalonJacob Rossi

  • Lola Bessis

    Lola BessisMelanie

  • Mehdi Rahim-Silvioli

    Mehdi Rahim-SilvioliNathan

  • Sofya Gershevich

    Sofya GershevichMelanie

  • Nico Ehrenteit

    Nico EhrenteitObersturmführer Krupp

  • Gareth McGregor

    Gareth McGregorUS Army Officer

  • Marcus Calvin

    Marcus CalvinAmerican Investigator

  • Peter Beck

    Peter BeckNazi Doctor

  • Felix von Bredow

    Felix von BredowSS-Untersturmführer Siemens

Director
Vadim Perelman
Writer
Ilya Zofin
Music
Sacha Galperine and Evgueni Galperine
Cinematography
Vladislav Opelyants