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Persian Lessons (Russian: Уроки фарси, German: Persischstunden) is a 2020 German-Russian-Belarusian historical drama film directed by Vadim Perelman. The film was partially inspired by the short story Erfindung einer Sprache by German writer Wolfgang Kohlhaase.
Persian Lessons: Directed by Vadim Perelman. With Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, David Schütter. A young Jewish man in a concentration camp has his life saved when executioners realize he owns a Persian book.
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- Drama, War
- Vadim Perelman
- 2020-09-24
Jun 8, 2023 · In the outlandish Holocaust drama “Persian Lessons,” the director Vadim Perelman (“House of Sand and Fog”) performs a wobbly balancing act of horror, humor, romance and self-glorifying...
- Beatrice Loayza
- Vadim Perelman
Set in occupied France in 1942, Persian Lessons follows Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart), a Belgian Jew, who narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that...
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- Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
- Vadim Perelman
- History, Drama
May 19, 2023 · Watch the official trailer for PERSIAN LESSONS Only In Theaters June 9 Get Tickets: https://cohenmedia.net/product/persia... - Official Selection of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival...
- 2 min
- 37.2K
- Cohen Media Group
Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) 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 ...
- 2 min
- 322.1K
- Memento International
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In occupied France, Gilles is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. He avoids execution by swearing that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie saves him, but Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch.