Country
Germany
Date
Feb 22, 2020
Note
Berlin International Film Festival
2h 7min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Andreas Hofer | Adjutant von Dewitz |
| Giuseppe Schillaci | Marco Rossi |
| Antonin Chalon | Jacob Rossi |
| Lola Bessis | Melanie |
| Mehdi Rahim-Silvioli | Nathan |
| Sofya Gershevich | Melanie |
| Nico Ehrenteit | Obersturmführer Krupp |
| Gareth McGregor | US Army Officer |
| Marcus Calvin | American Investigator |
| Peter Beck | Nazi Doctor |
| Felix von Bredow | SS-Untersturmführer Siemens |
| Oleg Veber | German soldier |
| Svetlana Anikey | SS German Girl 1 |
| Anastasia Gudei | SS German Girl 2 |
| Veronika Buslaeva | SS German Girl 3 |
| Elena Girenok | SS German Girl 4 |
| Serge Barbagallo | France KAPO |
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| Pascal Elso | French Policeman |
| Ingo Hülsmann | SS-Sturmbannführer Farber |
| Elena Stetsenko | Stenographer |
| Gennadiy Fomin | Farmer |
| Anton Zhukov | German Soldier Innsbruck |
| Maximilian Anthony Hirschle | American Soldier |
Genres
WarDrama
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | Persian Lessons |
| Lingua originale | Deutsch (DE) |
| Lingue parlate | Français, فارسی, English, Italiano, Deutsch |
| Paesi di produzione | Russia, Germany, Belarus, France |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | LM Media, One Two Films, Belarusfilm, Hype Studios |
| Sito ufficiale | hypepro.tv |
| Data di uscita | 17 aprile 2020 |
| Producer | Murad Osmann, Pavel Burya, Ilya Stewart, Ilya Dzhincharadze, Jamila Wenske, Sol Bondy, Elizaveta Chalenko, Leonid Shpolsky, Timur Bekmambetov, Rauf Atamalibekov, Ilya Zofin, Vadim Perelman |
| Writer | Ilya Zofin |
| Editors | Vessela Martschewski |
| Cinematography | Vladislav Opelyants |
| Asst. Directors | Vadim Perelman |
| Camera Operators | Vladislav Opelyants |
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| Add. Photography | Vladislav Opelyants |
| Production Design | Dmitry Tatarnikov |
| Art Direction | Dmitry Tatarnikov |
| Set Decoration | Dmitry Tatarnikov |
| Visual Effects | Sergey Toktarov, Nadezhda Zezyukova |
| Composer | Sacha Galperine, Evgueni Galperine |
| Sound | Sacha Galperine, Evgueni Galperine |
| Incasso | 3.825.668 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Country
Russia
Date
Oct 07, 2020
Note
Moscow International Film Festival
Country
Sweden
Date
Nov 11, 2020
Certification
15
Note
Stockholm International Film Festival
Country
Spain
Date
Jan 14, 2021
Note
BCN Film Festival Premieres
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Country
Luxembourg
Date
Jan 29, 2021
Note
Luxembourg City Film Festival
Limited release
Country
Denmark
Date
Apr 17, 2020
Certification
15
Country
United States
Date
Jun 09, 2023
Theatrical release
Country
Norway
Date
Apr 17, 2020
Certification
15
Country
Germany
Date
Sep 24, 2020
Certification
12
Country
Lithuania
Date
Oct 30, 2020
Country
Estonia
Date
Nov 06, 2020
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Country
Serbia
Date
Nov 12, 2020
Country
Portugal
Date
Dec 10, 2020
Certification
M/14
Country
Spain
Date
Jan 22, 2021
Certification
16
Country
Netherlands
Date
Mar 11, 2021
Certification
16
Country
China
Date
Mar 19, 2021
Country
Taiwan
Date
Mar 26, 2021
Country
Russia
Date
Apr 08, 2021
Country
Italy
Date
Apr 26, 2021
Certification
14+
Country
Hong Kong
Date
May 06, 2021
Certification
IIB
Country
Czechia
Date
Jun 24, 2021
Country
Slovakia
Date
Jun 24, 2021
Certification
15
Country
Greece
Date
Sep 16, 2021
Certification
Κ-12
Country
Finland
Date
Sep 17, 2021
Certification
K-16
Country
Australia
Date
Oct 14, 2021
Certification
M
Country
Poland
Date
Oct 29, 2021
Certification
16
Country
France
Date
Jan 19, 2022
Certification
TP
Country
Israel
Date
Jun 16, 2022
Certification
All
Country
South Korea
Date
Dec 15, 2022
Certification
15
Digital
Country
Switzerland
Date
Oct 01, 2020
Certification
12
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Jan 22, 2021
Certification
15
Country
Spain
Date
May 14, 2021
Country
Hungary
Date
Jun 10, 2021
Certification
12
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Country
Brazil
Date
Mar 16, 2022
Certification
14
Note
VOD
Country
France
Date
Apr 28, 2022
Note
VOD
Physical media
Country
Germany
Date
Jan 29, 2021
Certification
12
Note
DVD + Blu-ray
Country
France
Date
May 03, 2022
Certification
10
Note
DVD
TV
Country
France
Date
Apr 23, 2025
Note
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