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Persian lessons

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 Fa...

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Other Authors: Zofin, Ilya (Screenwriter), Pérez Biscayart, Nahuel (Actor), Eidinger, Lars, 1976- (Actor), Nay, Jonas, 1990- (Actor), Benesch, Leonie, 1991- (Actor), Schütter, David (Actor), Gaffron, Luisa-Céline (Actor), Beyer, Alexander, 1973- (Actor), Hofer, Andreas, 1962- (Actor), Kohlhaase, Wolfgang, 1931-
Format: Videos DVD
Language: German
English
French
Italian
Persian
Published: [New York, NY] : Cohen Media Group, [2023]
Series: Contemporary classics (Cohen Media Group)
Persischstunden (Motion picture)
Subjects:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Drama.
False personation > Drama.
Persian language > Study and teaching > Drama.
Historical films.
War films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Summary: 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 the 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. The particular relationship between the two men sparks the jealousy of other prisoners and SS guards toward Gilles. And while the suspicions of Koch grow every day, Gilles understands that he will not be able to keep his secret very long...
Item Description: Based on the story "Erfindung einer Sprache" by Wolfgang Kohlhaase.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2020.
Wide screen (2.66:1).
Special features: trailers.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.66:1, 16x9); Dolby digital 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo.
Production Credits: Music, Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine ; editors, Vessela Martschewski, Thibault Hague ; director of photography, Vladislav Opelyants.

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