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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.

  • War
  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Nahuel Pérez BiscayartNahuel Pérez BiscayartGilles
  • Photo of Lars EidingerLars EidingerKlaus Koch
  • Photo of Jonas NayJonas NayMax
  • Photo of Leonie BeneschLeonie BeneschElsa
  • Photo of Alexander BeyerAlexander BeyerCamp Commander
  • Photo of David SchütterDavid SchütterPaul
  • Photo of Luisa-Céline GaffronLuisa-Céline GaffronYana
  • Photo of Andreas HoferAndreas HoferAdjutant von Dewitz
  • Photo of Giuseppe SchillaciGiuseppe SchillaciMarco Rossi
  • Photo of Antonin ChalonAntonin ChalonJacob Rossi

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