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Persian Lessons (2020)
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As of 2026-09-12, Persian Lessons (2020) streams on 5 of 6 tracked regions. United States: Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Tubi TV, Kanopy. United Kingdom: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads. Japan: kino films+ Amazon Channel. Germany: ArthouseCNMA, Arthouse CNMA Amazon Channel, filmingo. Brazil: Adrenalina Pura Amazon channel, Adrenalina Pura Apple TV channel.
2020 · Released · 127m
TMDB 7.6 · 513 votes
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, Gilles manages to survive by inventing words of "Farsi" every day and teaching them to Koch.
