Persian Lessons vs Schindler's List
Schindler's List has the higher audience score (8.6/10 against 7.6/10 for Persian Lessons). Persian Lessons is the shorter watch at 2h 7m compared with 3h 15m. Schindler's List is the older of the two (1993 against 2020). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Persian Lessons
Schindler's List| Persian Lessons | Schindler's List | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.6/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 1993 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 3h 15m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | Russia | United States of America |
| Director | Vadim Perelman | Steven Spielberg |
| Main cast | Alexander Beyer, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Antonin Chalon, Lola Bessis | Caroline Goodall, Mark Ivanir, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley |
Synopsis
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…
Schindler's List
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
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