Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart | ... | Gilles | |
Lars Eidinger | ... | Klaus Koch | |
Jonas Nay | ... | Max | |
David Schütter | ... | Paul | |
Alexander Beyer | ... | Camp Commandant | |
Andreas Hofer | ... | Adjutant von Dewitz | |
Leonie Benesch | ... | Elsa | |
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Luisa-Céline Gaffron | ... | Jana |
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Nico Ehrenteit | ... | SS-Obersturmführer Eugen Krupp |
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Giuseppe Schillaci | ... | Marco Rossi |
Antonin Chalon | ... | Jacob Rossi | |
Serge Barbagallo | ... | France KAPO | |
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Peter Beck | ... | Nazi Doctor |
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Felix von Bredow | ... | SS-Untersturmführer Siemens |
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Pascal Elso | ... | French Policeman |
1942. Gilles, a young Belgian man, is arrested by the SS alongside other Jews and sent to a concentration camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but then Gilles is assigned a seemingly untenable mission: to teach Persian to Koch, the officer in charge of the camp's kitchen, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Persia (Iran) once the war is over. Gilles finds himself having to invent a language he doesn't know, word by word. As the unusual relationship between the two men begins to incite jealousy and suspicion, Gilles becomes acutely aware that one false move could expose his swindle.
This is a very new twist in an old genre. its a psychological thriller between two uneven characters. Lars Eidinger gives a tremendous performance that is nothing short of christoph waltz in Inglorious basterds. but he gives his character more depth and transforms him from a sadist to a man who also seeks love.
If you like this, I can also recomment Der Hauptmann with Max Hubacher turning from a refugee into a mass murderer. These two films are great exercises on the psychological mechanics of faschism.