France 1942. To survive, a Jewish man pretends to be Persian and teaches Farsi to a Nazi officer, although he doesn't know the language at all. Based on real events, this has many of the all too familiar and brutal elements of similar WW2 survival dramas, and so while in can seem derivative at times, it does manage to be very effective gripping and poignant, and offers yet another lesson from history.
Review of Persian Lessons
