Bibliograph

Persian lessons, Memento Films, Hype Film, LM Media, One Two Films in association with Belarusfilm ; a film by Vadim Perelman ; producers, Ilya Zofin, Vadim Perelman, Timur Bekmambetov, Rauf Atamalibekov, Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Pavel Buria ; written by Ilya Zofin ; directed by Vadim Perelman

Type

Label

Persian lessons, Memento Films, Hype Film, LM Media, One Two Films in association with Belarusfilm ; a film by Vadim Perelman ; producers, Ilya Zofin, Vadim Perelman, Timur Bekmambetov, Rauf Atamalibekov, Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Pavel Buria ; written by Ilya Zofin ; directed by Vadim Perelman

Language

ger

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Persian lessons

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

1379428772

Responsibility statement

Memento Films, Hype Film, LM Media, One Two Films in association with Belarusfilm ; a film by Vadim Perelman ; producers, Ilya Zofin, Vadim Perelman, Timur Bekmambetov, Rauf Atamalibekov, Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Pavel Buria ; written by Ilya Zofin ; directed by Vadim Perelman

Runtime

127

Series statement

Contemporary classics

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..

Technique

live action

Classification