Persian Lessons
2020 · Movie · 127 min · ★ 7.5 · 66% critics
In occupied France during World War II, a prisoner is sent to a German camp and survives by claiming a false identity. Forced into a dangerous arrangement with a camp official, he must teach a language he doesn’t know, inventing new words each day while trying to stay alive.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-04-17
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (482 votes)
- Box office
- $323,595
About
If you like tense World War II survival stories built around deception and uneasy relationships, this may work for you; Not for you if you want light viewing, fast action, or clear-cut heroes like in The Captain.
Pros: tense survival stakes; clever premise; strong wartime atmosphere | Cons: heavy subject matter; repetitive setup; slow-burning pace
Themes
- nazi
- concentration camp
- world war ii
- concentration camp prisoner
- german officer
- based on short story
- exhaustion
- fictional language
- jewish
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2021 · nominated
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Vadim Perelman