

Persian Lessons
Visit website7.6/10 • 442
2020-04-17 • 2h 7m
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.
- Directors
- Vadim Perelman
- Editors
- Vessela Martschewski

Persian Lessons
Visit website2020-04-17 • 2h 7m
7.6/10 • 442
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.
- Directors
- Vadim Perelman
- Editors
- Vessela Martschewski
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsNahuel 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
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- German
- Budget
- --
- Revenue
- $3,825,668.00
- Keywords
- naziconcentration campworld war iiconcentration camp prisonergerman officerexhaustionfictional languagejewish