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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.
Persian Lessons is a film that explores themes of nazi, concentration camp, world war ii. It also touches on concentration camp prisoner and german officer and exhaustion.
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Director
Vadim Perelman
Cast
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, Leonie Benesch, Alexander Beyer, David Schütter, Luisa-Céline Gaffron, Andreas Hofer, Giuseppe Schillaci, Antonin Chalon
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Persian Lessons
You can watch Persian Lessons (2020) for free on Kanopy.
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7.5/10
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80%
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Director
Vadim Perelman
Cast
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, Leonie Benesch, Alexander Beyer, David Schütter, Luisa-Céline Gaffron, Andreas Hofer, Giuseppe Schillaci, Antonin Chalon
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nazi · concentration camp · world war ii · concentration camp prisoner · german officer · exhaustion · fictional language · jewish
Watch Persian Lessons for free on Kanopy. Persian Lessons is streaming on Cohen Media Amazon Channel. Availability last verified May 27, 2026.