Persian lessons

DVD - 2023

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 the 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. The particular relationship between the two men sparks the jealousy of other prisoners and SS guards toward Gilles. And while the suspicions of Koch grow every day, Gilles understands that he will not be able to keep his sec...ret very long...

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Subjects
Genres
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Historical films
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
New York, NY : Kino Lorber [2023]
Language
German
English
Persian
French
Italian
Corporate Authors
Hype Film, LM Media (Firm), One Two Films
Corporate Authors
Hype Film (presenter), LM Media (Firm) (production company), One Two Films
Other Authors
Vadim Perelman (film director), Ilya Zofin (screenwriter), Ilya Stewart (film producer), Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (actor), Lars Eidinger, 1976-
Item Description
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.
Wide screen.
Special features: trailers.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, widescreen (2.66:1, 16x9); Dolby digital 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo.
Production Credits
Music, Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine ; director of photography, Vladislav Opelyants ; editor, Vessela Martschewski, Thibault Hague.