Watch The UK Trailer For WWII Drama Persian Lessons

Signature Entertainment have released the UK Trailer for German-Belorussian World War 2 arthouse drama Persian Lessons. Inspired by true events, the film is a powerful and harrowing story of survival from director Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog).

The film centres around Nazi Occupied 1942 France, Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart) is arrested alongside Jews. He narrowly avoids execution when he convinces guards he’s not Jewish but Persian. Thanks to the head of Camp Koch Gilles is assigned to teach the head ( Lars Eidinger) Farsi.

This looks fantastic, emotional, powerful stuff…

Nazi-occupied France, 1942. Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, 120 BPM (Beats per Minute), The Intruder) is arrested by SS soldiers alongside fellow 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 (Lars Eidinger, Personal Shopper, High Life), 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 towards Gilles. And while the suspicions of Koch grow every day, Gilles understands that he will not be able to keep his secret forever…

Anchored by two exceptional performances from its leads, Persian Lessons is a Holocaust survival tale offering a powerful testament on the need to preserve the names of the men, women and children who lost their lives in this dark period of human history.

The film co-starsJonas Nay, David Schütter, Alexander Beyer, Andreas Hofer, Leonie Benesch, and Luisa-Céline Gaffron.

Persian Lessons will be released in the UK and Ireland from 22nd January 2021 on Digital HD, Then On 8th February on DVD,

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