Where to watch Persian Lessons (2020)
Yes — Persian Lessons is free on Kanopy, which you get through most public libraries with a library card.
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.
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Persian Lessons — common questions
- Can I watch Persian Lessons for free?
- Yes. Persian Lessons is streaming at no cost on Kanopy, Tubi TV. These are licensed services — free because they run ads or are funded by public libraries, not because they are pirating anything.
- Is Persian Lessons on Netflix?
- No. Persian Lessons is not on Netflix here. The services that do carry it are listed above.
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- Open Tubi TV — no subscription and, on most of these, no account either. Everything is legal and studio-licensed; you watch ad breaks instead of paying a fee.
- How long is Persian Lessons?
- Persian Lessons runs 127 minutes.
