Hacksaw Ridge vs Persian Lessons
Hacksaw Ridge has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.6/10 for Persian Lessons). Persian Lessons is the shorter watch at 2h 7m compared with 2h 19m. Hacksaw Ridge is the older of the two (2016 against 2020). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hacksaw Ridge
Persian Lessons| Hacksaw Ridge | Persian Lessons | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2020 |
| Length | 2h 19m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | Russia |
| Director | Mel Gibson | Vadim Perelman |
| Main cast | Teresa Palmer, Vince Vaughn, Richard Roxburgh, Firass Dirani, Hugo Weaving | Alexander Beyer, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Antonin Chalon, Lola Bessis |
Synopsis
Hacksaw Ridge
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Persian Lessons
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…
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