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Persian Lessons (2020)

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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.

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Cast

  • Nahuel Pérez Biscayart Nahuel Pérez Biscayart Gilles
  • Lars Eidinger Lars Eidinger Klaus Koch
  • Jonas Nay Jonas Nay Max
  • Leonie Benesch Leonie Benesch Elsa
  • Alexander Beyer Alexander Beyer Camp Commander
  • David Schütter David Schütter Paul
  • Luisa-Céline Gaffron Luisa-Céline Gaffron Yana
  • Andreas Hofer Andreas Hofer Adjutant von Dewitz
  • Giuseppe Schillaci Giuseppe Schillaci Marco Rossi
  • Antonin Chalon Antonin Chalon Jacob Rossi
  • Lola Bessis Lola Bessis Melanie
  • Mehdi Rahim-Silvioli Mehdi Rahim-Silvioli Nathan
  • Sofya Gershevich Sofya Gershevich Melanie
  • Nico Ehrenteit Nico Ehrenteit Obersturmführer Krupp
  • Gareth McGregor Gareth McGregor US Army Officer
  • Marcus Calvin Marcus Calvin American Investigator
  • Peter Beck Peter Beck Nazi Doctor
  • Felix von Bredow Felix von Bredow SS-Untersturmführer Siemens

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