MOVIE INFO
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 he's Persian, not Jewish. While the lie temporarily saves him, Gilles is then assigned the extraordinary task of teaching Farsi, a language he doesn't know, to Koch (Lars Eidinger), the officer in charge of the camp's kitchen who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an inspired and clever deception, Giles not only manages to survive, but also devises an astonishing strategy to remember the names of his condemned brethren.
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: German
Director: Vadim Perelman
Producer: Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Pavel Burian, Ilja Zofin, Vadim Perelman, Timur Bekmambetov, Rauf Atamalibekov
Writer: Ilja Zofin
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 9, 2023 Limited
Runtime: 2h 7m
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Production Co: Belarusfilm, Hype Film, One Two Films, LM Media
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)
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 he's Persian, not Jewish. While the lie temporarily saves him, Gilles is then assigned the extraordinary task of teaching Farsi, a language he doesn't know, to Koch (Lars Eidinger), the officer in charge of the camp's kitchen who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an inspired and clever deception, Giles not only manages to survive, but also devises an astonishing strategy to remember the names of his condemned brethren.
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: German
Director: Vadim Perelman
Producer: Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Pavel Burian, Ilja Zofin, Vadim Perelman, Timur Bekmambetov, Rauf Atamalibekov
Writer: Ilja Zofin
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 9, 2023 Limited
Runtime: 2h 7m
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Production Co: Belarusfilm, Hype Film, One Two Films, LM Media
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)
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Short film