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Persian Lessons (2020)127 minDrama, WarRating 69/100
Inspired by true events, this powerful survival story is from director Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog). Nazi-occupied France, 1942. Gilles (Nahuel PĂ©rez Biscayart, The Intruder) is arrested by SS soldiers but narrowly avoids execution by swearing that he is not Jewish, but Persian. Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch (Lars Eidinger, High Life).
Cast: Nahuel PĂ©rez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, Leonie Benesch, Alexander Beyer, David SchĂĽtter, Luisa-CĂ©line Gaffron
Director: Vadim Perelman