Persian Lessons (2020)

Persian Lessons (2020)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 2020-04-17 Russia, Germany, Belarus 127 Min. PG-13
7.573 447 votes
War, Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Lars Eidinger is Klaus Koch
Klaus Koch
Jonas Nay is Max
Max
Alexander Beyer is Camp Commander
Camp Commander
Andreas Hofer is Adjutant von Dewitz
Adjutant von Dewitz
Giuseppe Schillaci is Marco Rossi
Marco Rossi
Antonin Chalon is Jacob Rossi
Jacob Rossi
Lola Bessis is Melanie
Melanie
Nico Ehrenteit is Obersturmführer Krupp
Obersturmführer Krupp
Gareth McGregor is US Army Officer
US Army Officer
Marcus Calvin is American Investigator
American Investigator
Peter Beck is Nazi Doctor
Nazi Doctor
Felix von Bredow is SS-Untersturmführer Siemens
SS-Untersturmführer Siemens
Oleg Veber is German soldier
German soldier
Svetlana Anikey is SS German Girl 1
SS German Girl 1
Anastasia Gudei is SS German Girl 2
SS German Girl 2
Veronika Buslaeva is SS German Girl 3
SS German Girl 3
Elena Girenok is SS German Girl 4
SS German Girl 4
Serge Barbagallo is France KAPO
France KAPO
Pascal Elso is French Policeman
French Policeman
Ingo Hülsmann is SS-Sturmbannführer Farber
SS-Sturmbannführer Farber
Elena Stetsenko is Stenographer
Stenographer
Anton Zhukov is German Soldier Innsbruck
German Soldier Innsbruck
Maximilian Anthony Hirschle is American Soldier
American Soldier