Persian Lessons
2020| 2h 7m| IMDb 7.4
Persian Lessons (2020) is currently streaming in the UK on Prime Video. Last updated 20 January 2026.
Inspired by true events, this powerful survival story is from director Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog). Nazi-occupied France, 1942. Gilles (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, The Intruder) is arrested by SS soldiers but narrowly avoids execution by swearing that he is not Jewish, but Persian. Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch (Lars Eidinger, High Life).
Director: Vadim Perelman
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Streaming info last checked: 20 Jan 2026
