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Persian Lessons

2020·127'

Vadim Perelman

DramaWar

★ 7.5

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

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

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