Persian Lessons

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.

Country:

Belarus,

Germany,

Russia

Genre:

War,

Drama

Duration:

127 minutes

Year:

2020

Director:

Vadim Perelman

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Company:

Hype Film,

LM Media,

One Two Films,

Belarusfilm

Cast:

Gilles

Klaus Koch

Max

Elsa

Camp Commander

Crew:

Visual Effects Supervisor

Visual Effects Producer

Producer

Screenplay

Editor