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Persian lessons / Memento Films, Hype Film, LM Media, One Two Films in association with Belarusfilm ; a film by Vadim Perelman ; producers, Ilya Zofin, Vadim Perelman, Timur Bekmambetov, Rauf Atamalibekov, Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Pavel Buria ; written by Ilya Zofin ; directed by Vadim Perelman.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 036 731
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Contemporary classics (Cohen Media Group)
- Contemporary classics
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Persian
- Subjects (All):
- Kohlhaase, Wolfgang, 1931-2022--Film adaptations.
- Kohlhaase, Wolfgang.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Drama.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Nazi concentration camps--Drama.
- Nazi concentration camps.
- False personation--Drama.
- False personation.
- Persian language--Study and teaching--Drama.
- Persian language.
- Survival--Drama.
- Survival.
- Identity theft.
- Persian language--Study and teaching.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Historical films.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- War films.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Historical films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Fiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Distribution:
- New York, NY : Kino Lorber, LLC
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY] : Cohen Media Group, [2023]
- Language Note:
- German, English, French, Italian, Farsi dialogue with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (2.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- stereo
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- 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 the 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. The particular relationship between the two men sparks the jealousy of other prisoners and SS guards toward Gilles. And while the suspicions of Koch grow every day, Gilles understands that he will not be able to keep his secret very long...
- Participant:
- Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, Leonie Benesch, David Schütter, Luisa-Céline Gaffron, Alexander Beyer, Andreas Hofer.
- Credits:
- Music, Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine ; editors, Vessela Martschewski, Thibault Hague ; director of photography, Vladislav Opelyants.
- Notes:
- Widescreen.
- Title from disc surface.
- Special features: trailers.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2020.
- Based on the story "Erfindung einer Sprache" by Wolfgang Kohlhaase.
- Contains:
- Container of: Persischstunden (Motion picture)
- OCLC:
- 1379428772
- Publisher Number:
- 738329263256
- K26325 Kino Lorber
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