Persian Lessons (2020)

About This Movie

Persian Lessons is a 2020 war and drama film directed by Vadim Perelman. Its leading cast includes Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger and Jonas Nay. It runs for 2 hours 7 minutes. Its original language is German.

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis from TMDB.

Official Trailer

Official Trailer [Subtitled] · plays from YouTube

• UK Trailer [Subtitled] (opens YouTube)

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
• Sofya Gershevich Melanie
• Nico Ehrenteit Obersturmführer Krupp
• Gareth McGregor US Army Officer
• Marcus Calvin American Investigator
• Peter Beck Nazi Doctor
• Felix von Bredow SS-Untersturmführer Siemens