2023
Cohen Media Group
2 h 7 m

2023
Cohen Media Group
2 h 7 m

Summary Occupied France, 1942. Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. En route to the camp, he narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, as one of the soldiers’ superior officers is “looking...

Directed By: Vadim Perelman

Written By: Ilja Zofin, Wolfgang Kohlhaase

2023
Cohen Media Group
2 h 7 m

2023
Cohen Media Group
2 h 7 m

Persian Lessons

Name: Persian Lessons
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2023-06-09
Duration: 2 min 7 s
Rating: 53
Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, David Schütter, Alexander Beyer

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews

User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 4 User Ratings

8.3

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Directed By: Vadim Perelman

Written By: Ilja Zofin, Wolfgang Kohlhaase

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Observer

Jun 20, 2023

Expertly mounted, beautifully acted and meticulously detailed, it’s another harrowing Holocaust drama in the line of endless films about World War II, notable primarily as a rare entry in the filmography of Vadim Perelman, the highly regarded director of House of Sand and Fog.

By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Chronicle

Jun 13, 2023

For Pérez Biscayart, it’s the sound equivalent of a masterful silent-film performance, and for Perelman, it’s the welcome return of an important filmmaker.

By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Jun 12, 2023

Shot mostly in deeply shadowed interiors, the movie rarely makes effective use of its widescreen format. Indeed, it has a stagy quality and plays mostly as a series of theatrical exchanges between Gilles and Koch.

By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Jun 16, 2023

That it ultimately manages to work as effectively as it does is a credit to the firm, focused visual grip of director Perelman, best known for his Oscar-nominated 2003 drama, “House of Sand and Fog,” and, especially the impressively-rooted portrayals of the two leads.

By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW

Original-Cin

Jun 14, 2023

Even with its decent performances and polished production values, Persian Lessons never clears the hurdle of its improbable premise, an idea that could serve as the setup for a bad-taste Mel Brooks’ sketch.

By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Jun 8, 2023

Less kooky and gratingly precious than “Jojo Rabbit” or “Life Is Beautiful,” the film nevertheless also taps history with a movie-magic wand.

By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW

RogerEbert.com

Jun 9, 2023

Though millions of Jewish people were imprisoned and killed in concentration camps during this time, this misguided drama, written by Ilya Tsofin, isn’t interested in the truth of their stories. Instead, it’s a contrived triumph of the human spirit-style narrative where the Jewish character at the center is rendered a cipher for suffering while his Nazi tormentors are unconsciously humanized.

By Marya E. Gates FULL REVIEW

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8.3

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Production Company Hype Film, LM Media, ONE TWO Films, Belarusfilm

Release Date Jun 9, 2023

Duration 2 h 7 m

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Awards

CinEuphoria Awards

• 5 Nominations

East-West: Golden Arch International Film Awards

• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations

Sichuan TV Festival

• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

Persian Lessons

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Nahuel Pérez Biscayart

Gilles

Lars Eidinger

Klaus Koch

Jonas Nay

Max

David Schütter

Paul

Alexander Beyer

Camp Commandant

Andreas Hofer

Adjutant von Dewitz

Leonie Benesch

Elsa

Luisa-Céline Gaffron

Jana

Nico Ehrenteit

SS-Obersturmführer Eugen Krupp

Giuseppe Schillaci

Marco Rossi

Antonin Chalon

Jacob Rossi

Serge Barbagallo

France KAPO

Peter Beck

Nazi Doctor

Felix von Bredow

SS-Untersturmführer Siemens

Pascal Elso

French Policeman

Marcus Calvin

American Investigator

Mehdi Rahim-Silvioli

Nathan

Ingo Hülsmann

SS-Sturmbannführer Farber

Elena Stetsenko

Stenographer

Gennadiy Fomin

Farmer

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