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Persian Lessons
2020
· Movie
· 127 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #504
- IMDb #1368
- Google retired #448
- Letterboxd #1672
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2067
- Kinopoisk #328
Every rating
73–94
out of 100
During World War II, a Jewish man arrested by the Gestapo avoids immediate execution by falsely claiming to be Persian. He is assigned to teach Farsi to a high-ranking SS officer who dreams of opening a restaurant in Tehran. The man must invent a fake language on the spot to maintain his deception and survive.
Details
- Director
- Vadim Perelman
- Writer
- Ilya Zofin
- Studio
- LM Media, One Two Films, Belarusfilm, Hype Studios
- Released
- 17 April 2020
- Country
- Russia, Germany, Belarus, France
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Box office
- $3.8M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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Awards & nominations
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| 34th Golden Rooster Awards (China) 2021 | Best Foreign Language Film | Persian Lessons | Nominee |
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34th Golden Rooster Awards (China)
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Persian Lessons | Nominee |