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Persian Lessons
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Persian Lessons is a 2020 drama and war film directed by Vadim Perelman. The movie originates from Germany, Russia, and Belarus, with additional production involvement from France. It features Lars Eidinger, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Jonas Nay, and Alexander Beyer in the cast. The narrative is set in a concentration camp during the 1940s World War II period, focusing on themes of the Holocaust, deception, and a constructed language. Filming took place in Babruysk.
The film was released on various dates in 2020 and runs for 127 minutes. It was produced by Murad Osmann and Timur Bekmambetov through companies including Belarusfilm, LM Media, One Two Films, and Hype Studios. Persian Lessons participated in the 33rd European Film Awards. It has received an IMDb rating of 7.4 from 14,370 votes, a Metascore of 53, and an 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film won 9 awards and received 15 nominations.
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7.5Occupied 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
- Nahuel Pérez Biscayart as Gilles
- Lars Eidinger as Klaus Koch
- Jonas Nay as Max
- Leonie Benesch as Elsa
- Alexander Beyer as Camp Commander
- David Schütter as Paul
Themes
- nazi
- concentration camp
- world war ii
- concentration camp prisoner
- german officer
- based on short story
- exhaustion
- fictional language
- jewish
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
14,370 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
53/100
- Year
- 2020
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Awards
- 9 wins & 15 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 33rd European Film Awards
- Genre
- historical film
- Country of origin
- Belarus
- Original language
- Persian
- Main subject
- Persian
- Director
- Vadim Perelman
- Cast member
- Pascal Elso
- Producer
- Timur Bekmambetov
- Production company
- Belarusfilm
- Narrative location
- Germany
- Filming location
- Babruysk
- Duration
- 128
- FilmAffinity ID
- 603499
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- title
- Persian Lessons
- publication date
- 2022-01-19
- set in period
- The Holocaust
- set in environment
- concentration camp
- box office
- 323595
- review score
- 80%
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