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Critic Hanna Flint
rated 6

...well made and well acted...

Read full review at Empire
Critic Cath Clarke
rated 6

This fable about language and memory is a troublingly easy watch...

Read full review at The Guardian
François Peaucelle
rated 7

Película entretenida pero al mismo tiempo no es del todo creíble lo que le va pasando al protagonista. Para salvarse debe enseñar un idioma que no sabe... Pero la película está bien, entretiene.

1 year ago
Critic Simon Pasternak
rated 5

Lars Eidinger spiller nazi-komedie (...) med spytkrølle og skævt smil, indstik af alvor og vold, men med en sleben uafgørlighed. Det er fascinerende.

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Cast & Crew

Vadim Perelman
Director
Lars Eidinger
As Klaus Koch
Alexander Beyer
As Camp Commander
Pascal Elso
As French Policeman
Jonas Nay
As Max

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Inspired by true events, Persian Lessons is a powerful and harrowing story of survival. In Nazi-occupied France, 1942, Gilles, a young Jewish man, is arrested and sent to a concentration camp in Germany. He narrowly escapes sudden execution by claiming to be Persian, not Jewish. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles is then assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to the head of the camp, Koch. As their unusual relationship develops, Gilles becomes acutely aware that one false move could expose his swindle and endanger his life.

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