Persian Lessons (2020)
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.

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Cast

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart Nahuel Pérez Biscayart As: Gilles
Lars Eidinger Lars Eidinger As: Klaus Koch
Jonas Nay Jonas Nay As: Max
Leonie Benesch Leonie Benesch As: Elsa
Alexander Beyer Alexander Beyer As: Camp Commander
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Storyline

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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Certification: 15

Details

Genres: War, Drama

Language: English, فارسی, Deutsch, Français, Italiano

Release Date: 17 April 2020

Country: BY, DE, RU

Runtime: 127m

Company Credits

Company: Hype Film, LM Media, One Two Films, Belarusfilm

Revenue: $3,825,668

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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

Sofya Gershevich

Sofya Gershevich

Melanie

Nico Ehrenteit

Nico Ehrenteit

Obersturmführer Krupp

Gareth McGregor

Gareth McGregor

US Army Officer

Marcus Calvin

Marcus Calvin

American Investigator

Peter Beck

Peter Beck

Nazi Doctor

Felix von Bredow

Felix von Bredow

SS-Untersturmführer Siemens

Oleg Veber

Oleg Veber

German soldier

Svetlana Anikey

Svetlana Anikey

SS German Girl 1

Anastasia Gudei

Anastasia Gudei

SS German Girl 2

Veronika Buslaeva

Veronika Buslaeva

SS German Girl 3

Elena Girenok

Elena Girenok

SS German Girl 4

Serge Barbagallo

Serge Barbagallo

France KAPO

Pascal Elso

Pascal Elso

French Policeman

Ingo Hülsmann

Ingo Hülsmann

SS-Sturmbannführer Farber

Elena Stetsenko

Elena Stetsenko

Stenographer

Gennadiy Fomin

Gennadiy Fomin

Farmer

Anton Zhukov

Anton Zhukov

German Soldier Innsbruck

Maximilian Anthony Hirschle

Maximilian Anthony Hirschle

American Soldier

Directed By

Writing Credits

Ilya Zofin

Ilya Zofin

Screenplay

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Sacha Galperine

Sacha Galperine

Original Music Composer

Evgueni Galperine

Evgueni Galperine

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

Sergey Toktarov

Sergey Toktarov

Visual Effects Supervisor

Nadezhda Zezyukova

Nadezhda Zezyukova

Visual Effects Producer

Camera

Vladislav Opelyants

Vladislav Opelyants

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Dmitry Tatarnikov

Dmitry Tatarnikov

Production Design

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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