Persian Lessons (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 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.
Director: Vadim Perelman
Writers: Ilya Zofin
Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, Leonie Benesch
Persian Lessons is a 2020 Russian Drama/War film directed by Vadim Perelman, starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, Leonie Benesch. It runs 2h 7m The film holds a 7.6/10 rating from 523 votes on TMDB.
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
Details
| Release Date | Apr 17, 2020 |
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| Country | Russia, Germany, France |
| Original Language | German |
| Original Title | Persischstunden |
| Also Known As | Uroki persidskogo, Persischstunden, Уроки персидского, Uroki farsi, Leksjoner i løgn |
| Runtime | 2h 7m |
| Production | LM Media, One Two Films, Belarusfilm |
| IMDb ID | tt9738784 |
| TMDB ID | 581577 |
