Film2020

Persian Lessons

Directed by Vadim Perelman

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,… From TMDB

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Persian Lessons is a 2020 war drama film, directed by Vadim Perelman, starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger and Jonas Nay.

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Alison Eales, Nerves of Steel @alisoneales.comBluesky · Aug 22, 2026
Okay, who recommended the film Persian Lessons to me? I need to thank them. @andylewis.bsky.social I have a feeling it was you?
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input @feed.igeek.gamer-geek-news.com.ap.brid.gyBluesky · Jun 15, 2026
🤖 **The Persian Lesson - How AI is purging our collective consciousness from a mental illness** In the movie Persian Lessons, the protagonist Reza devoted a large part of his energy to playing along with a prevailing insanity. At first he did this for a single reason: Staying alive. Later Rez […]
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Kara Chameleon @sasooli.bsky.socialBluesky · May 13, 2026
Recently watched the film Persian Lessons, which (spoilers) is about a French Jew who survives the Holocaust by pretending to be a Farsi speaker and giving one of the Nazi officers in the camp lessons in Farsi, which he's actually just making up.
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Jock McVicar @volksrat62.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2026
Watched Persian Lessons. Wow, what a fantastic film and based on a true story. If you get the opportunity to see it, do.
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2026
You seen that film Persian Lessons?
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The (movie) Persian Lessons (HD/HDX) (SD) is available today on (Vudu) (US) for $5 Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, David Schütter, Alexander Beyer Genre: (War) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/persian_le...
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