Persian Lessons

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.

BY

Made in BY

7.5/10

2020

War
Drama
LM MediaOne Two FilmsBelarusfilmHype Studios

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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

David Schütter

David Schütter

As Paul

Luisa-Céline Gaffron

Luisa-Céline Gaffron

As Yana

Andreas Hofer

Andreas Hofer

As Adjutant von Dewitz

Giuseppe Schillaci

Giuseppe Schillaci

As Marco Rossi

Antonin Chalon

Antonin Chalon

As Jacob Rossi

Lola Bessis

Lola Bessis

As Melanie

Mehdi Rahim-Silvioli

Mehdi Rahim-Silvioli

As Nathan

Sofya Gershevich

Sofya Gershevich

As Melanie

Nico Ehrenteit

Nico Ehrenteit

As Obersturmführer Krupp

Gareth McGregor

Gareth McGregor

As US Army Officer

Marcus Calvin

Marcus Calvin

As American Investigator

Peter Beck

Peter Beck

As Nazi Doctor

Felix von Bredow

Felix von Bredow

As SS-Untersturmführer Siemens

Oleg Veber

Oleg Veber

As German soldier

Svetlana Anikey

Svetlana Anikey

As SS German Girl 1

Anastasia Gudei

Anastasia Gudei

As SS German Girl 2

Veronika Buslaeva

Veronika Buslaeva

As SS German Girl 3

Elena Girenok

Elena Girenok

As SS German Girl 4

Serge Barbagallo

Serge Barbagallo

As France KAPO

Pascal Elso

Pascal Elso

As French Policeman

Ingo Hülsmann

Ingo Hülsmann

As SS-Sturmbannführer Farber

Elena Stetsenko

Elena Stetsenko

As Stenographer

Gennadiy Fomin

Gennadiy Fomin

As Farmer

Anton Zhukov

Anton Zhukov

As German Soldier Innsbruck

Maximilian Anthony Hirschle

Maximilian Anthony Hirschle

As American Soldier

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