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Persian Lessons

7.6(529)20202h 7m8

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$3.8M
Language
English
  • nazi
  • concentration camp
  • world war ii
  • concentration camp prisoner
  • german officer
  • based on short story
  • exhaustion
  • fictional language
  • jewish

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Behind the camera

Writers

Ilya Zofin

Produced in

Russia, Germany, Belarus, France

Where to watch

Availability for United States. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)9 Jun 2023
  • United KingdomGB

    • Digital / OTT1522 Jan 2021
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM14 Oct 2021
  • BrazilBR

    • Digital / OTT14VOD16 Mar 2022
  • ChinaCN

    • Theatrical19 Mar 2021
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical24 Jun 2021
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical (limited)1517 Apr 2020
  • EstoniaEE

    • Theatrical6 Nov 2020
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1617 Sept 2021
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP19 Jan 2022
    • Digital / OTTVOD28 Apr 2022
    • Physical10DVD3 May 2022
    • TVARTE23 Apr 2025
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival22 Feb 2020
    • Theatrical1224 Sept 2020
    • Physical12DVD + Blu-ray29 Jan 2021
  • GreeceGR

    • TheatricalΚ-1216 Sept 2021

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Persian Lessons was released on 17 April 2020.

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