Persian Lessons
E1000525
Persian Lessons is a 2020 World War II drama film about a Jewish man who survives a concentration camp by pretending to be Persian and inventing a fake language for an SS officer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Persian Lessons canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12728233 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Persian Lessons Context triple: [Lars Eidinger, notableWork, Persian Lessons]
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A.
The Persian Sage
The Persian Sage is the honorific title of Aphrahat, a 4th-century Syriac Christian writer known for his influential theological and ascetic homilies.
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B.
Gharbzadegi
Gharbzadegi is a seminal Iranian philosophical and cultural critique that analyzes the damaging effects of Westernization and cultural dependency on non-Western societies.
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C.
Sublime State of Persia
The Sublime State of Persia was the official name of Iran during the Qajar dynasty, a centralized monarchy that ruled from the late 18th to the early 20th century before modern reforms and state rebranding.
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D.
Persepolis
Persepolis is one of Iran’s most successful and popular football clubs, based in Tehran and renowned for its passionate fanbase and numerous domestic titles.
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E.
Persepolis
Persepolis was the ceremonial heart of the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire, renowned for its monumental palaces, grand staircases, and intricate reliefs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Persian Lessons Target entity description: Persian Lessons is a 2020 World War II drama film about a Jewish man who survives a concentration camp by pretending to be Persian and inventing a fake language for an SS officer.
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A.
The Persian Sage
The Persian Sage is the honorific title of Aphrahat, a 4th-century Syriac Christian writer known for his influential theological and ascetic homilies.
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B.
Gharbzadegi
Gharbzadegi is a seminal Iranian philosophical and cultural critique that analyzes the damaging effects of Westernization and cultural dependency on non-Western societies.
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C.
Sublime State of Persia
The Sublime State of Persia was the official name of Iran during the Qajar dynasty, a centralized monarchy that ruled from the late 18th to the early 20th century before modern reforms and state rebranding.
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D.
Persepolis
Persepolis is one of Iran’s most successful and popular football clubs, based in Tehran and renowned for its passionate fanbase and numerous domestic titles.
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E.
Persepolis
Persepolis was the ceremonial heart of the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire, renowned for its monumental palaces, grand staircases, and intricate reliefs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II film
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film ⓘ war drama film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Erfindung einer Sprache
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short story by Wolfgang Kohlhaase ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
identity
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language ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Vladislav Opelyants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Belarus
NERFINISHED
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Germany ⓘ Russia ⓘ |
| director | Vadim Perelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Hype Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Vera Savchenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | SS officer ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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war film ⓘ |
| hasFakeLanguage | invented Persian-like language ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Gilles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Evgueni Galperine
NERFINISHED
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Sacha Galperine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | invented language ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
German
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Russian ⓘ |
| oscarSubmissionFor | Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oscarSubmissionStatus | not nominated ⓘ |
| oscarSubmittedBy | Belarus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Jewish man survives a concentration camp by pretending to be Persian and inventing a fake language for an SS officer. ⓘ |
| portrays |
Holocaust
NERFINISHED
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Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | 70th Berlin International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereSection | Berlinale Special Gala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Alexander Rodnyansky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Non-Stop Production NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistDescribedAs | Jewish man ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 127 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Ilja Zofin
NERFINISHED
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Vadim Perelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Nazi concentration camp ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| starring |
Alexander Beyer
NERFINISHED
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David Schütter NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonas Nay NERFINISHED ⓘ Lars Eidinger NERFINISHED ⓘ Nahuel Pérez Biscayart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProduction | late 2010s ⓘ |
| workType | feature film ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Persian Lessons Description of subject: Persian Lessons is a 2020 World War II drama film about a Jewish man who survives a concentration camp by pretending to be Persian and inventing a fake language for an SS officer.
Referenced by (1)
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