Directed by
Vadim Perelman
Director of photography
Vladislav Opelyants
Produced by
Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Pavel Buria, Timur Bekmambetov, Ilya Zofin, Vadim Perelman
Cast
Nahuel Perez Biscayart
Lars Eidinger
Written by
Ilya Zofin
Based on the short story by Wolfgang Kohlhaase
Production
Hype Film
LM Media
One Two Films
Belarusfilm
World Sales
Memento Films International
Gilles, a young Jewish man in a concentration camp, has his life saved when executioners realise he owns a Persian book. Brought before a camp officer who wants to learn Farsi, Gilles agrees to teach him despite not knowing a word of the language.