Persian Lessons (2020)
2h 7m
Running Time
April 17, 2020Release Date
Persian Lessons (2020)
2h 7m
Running Time
April 17, 2020Release Date
Network & Production Companies





Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.







Currently Persian Lessons is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Google Play Movies, Apple TV, YouTube, Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, Plex, Fandango
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Cast & Crew.

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

Wolfgang Kohlhaase
Writer

Gareth McGregor
US Army Officer

Marcus Calvin
American Investigator

Peter Beck
Nazi Doctor

Felix von Bredow
SS-Untersturmführer Siemens

Oleg Veber
German soldier

Svetlana Anikey
SS German Girl 1

Anastasia Gudei
SS German Girl 2

Veronika Buslaeva
SS German Girl 3

Elena Girenok
SS German Girl 4

John McAlary
CastingDirector

Serge Barbagallo
France KAPO

Anastasia Smekalova
CastingDirector

Pascal Elso
French Policeman

Ingo Hülsmann
SS-Sturmbannführer Farber

Elena Stetsenko
Stenographer

Gennadiy Fomin
Farmer

Anton Zhukov
German Soldier Innsbruck

Maximilian Anthony Hirschle
American Soldier

Sergey Toktarov
Visual Effects Supervisor

Nadezhda Zezyukova
Visual Effects Producer

Murad Osmann
Producer

Ilya Zofin
Screenplay / Producer

Vessela Martschewski
Editor

Vadim Perelman
Director / Producer

Pavel Burya
Producer

Vladislav Opelyants
Director of Photography

Ilya Stewart
Producer

Ilya Dzhincharadze
Co-Producer

Sacha Galperine
Original Music Composer

Jamila Wenske
Co-Producer

Sol Bondy
Co-Producer

Evgueni Galperine
Original Music Composer

Elizaveta Chalenko
Co-Producer

Leonid Shpolsky
Co-Producer

Timur Bekmambetov
Producer

Rauf Atamalibekov
Producer

Dmitry Tatarnikov
Production Design
Media.








Details.
Release DateApril 17, 2020
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 7m
Box Office$3,825,668
Filming LocationsBabruysk, Belarus
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
concentration camp
nazi
world war ii
concentration camp prisoner
german officer
exhaustion
fictional language
jewish
Wiki.
Persian Lessons (German: Persischstunden) is a 2020 historical drama film directed by Vadim Perelman. The film was partially inspired by the short story Erfindung einer Sprache by German writer Wolfgang Kohlhaase.
It was selected as the Belarusian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. However, the film was disqualified by the Academy, due to the majority of those involved not coming from Belarus.
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