Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The Plot

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.

Run Time

2h 7m

Original Title

Persian Lessons

Genre

War, Drama

Country

Russia, Germany, Belarus, France

Language

English, French, German, Italian, Persian

Official Release Date

April 17, 2020

Available Via

Streaming on Cohen Media Amazon Channel

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