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.

• Released: 2020-04-17
• Genres: War, Drama
• Runtime: 2h 7m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 523 votes

Directed by Vadim Perelman.

Top 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
• Luisa-Céline Gaffron as Yana
• Andreas Hofer as Adjutant von Dewitz
• Giuseppe Schillaci as Marco Rossi
• Antonin Chalon as Jacob Rossi

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Persian Lessons

• United States: stream on Cohen Media Amazon Channel; watch free on Kanopy, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store, MovieMe; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store
• Canada: watch free on Hoopla, Tubi TV; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Fetch TV

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