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Chapter "Persischstunden" (Persian Lessons): didactic film material

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To escape arbitrary shooting, Gilles, a Belgian Jew, claims to be Persian.

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1942: in occupied France, Gilles is arrested and deported to a concentration camp in Germany. Just before being shot, he escapes death by swearing to the soldiers that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie saves him momentarily because one of the camp leaders wants to learn Farsi for his post-war projects. At the risk of being caught, Gilles invents a language every night, in order to teach it to the SS captain the next day. The special relationship that develops between the two men soon arouses the jealousy and suspicions of the others...                                                                                                                              
Learning objectives are, for example:
  • deal with the topic of National Socialism, World War II, concentration camps and culture of remembrance: watch a film about it and discuss and retell it, express one's opinion about it and make assumptions about it, research it on the internet, make associations and build up and deepen vocabulary about it.
  • describe a film plot. 
  • discuss stylistic and aesthetic film. elements and analyze their effect.
  • reflect on language.             
  • compare a film and a novella on the same topic.

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