The film "Farsi lessons", whose release date in Russian holder came on April 8, 2021, affects the topic of the Holocaust and mutual understanding. The joint project of three countries - Russia, Germany and Belarus is based on real events, and the story of Wolfgang Kolhaiaz "Persian for Capo" served for the production.
Actors, roles and interesting facts of an international project - in material 24cm.
Plot
The plot of the film is unfolding in 1942. Actions occur in occupied Europe. Belgian housing Krepe was in the concentration camp, where the Jews threaten death. To escape from execution, he gives himself for Persian. The lies turned out to be saving, but pulled the problem.As it turned out, the prisoner Persian has long been waiting a cook Claus Clash, who dreams after the war to open a restaurant with German cuisine in Iran. Wishing to make dreams with reality, a scrupulous German wants to practice Persian. Now living will have to invent a language similar to the sound on Farsi, and at the same time to learn a non-existent speech.
Relationships between heroes are confused. At times, the cook guess about deception, but wants to make mistakes in his assumptions. And for the living, communication with the student, originally built on fear, develops into understanding the values of life. A fractional path of the hero seeks the place of the writer, who enters the data of the executed, and retains the memory of the dead, folding their names into a non-existent language.
Shooting
The project preparation began in 2013. Over the scenario, Ilya Tsofin, famous for the film "Christmas Trees 1914" and the series "In the constellation Sagittarius", worked. The visual series created the operator Vladislav Oillyants, who was remembered by the audience on the staff of the series "Stat Counselor", as well as the films "Poddubny" and "Invasion".
Galperin brothers worked on the musical nearby. In an interview with Evgeny Galperin admitted that it was not planned to create 40 minutes of lyric and tear music. There was a search for an important intonation with the echoes of the Jewish folklore. For the final stage, the music managed to write Yuri Galperin, the father of composers, who did not see the premieres. Therefore, final chords, modified by sons, turned out to be particularly emotional.
As a result, the music for the film "Farsi lessons" sounds with orchestral minimalism and without synthesive tools. And the horror of what is happening, immersing viewers into the atmosphere of the project events is transmitted on a violin, where sounds are served in the inverted bow. This made it possible to achieve sound from the distant past and create accents when the strings ring on the gap.
The producer chair was divided by Ilya Stewart, Murad Osman, Pavel Storm, who previously worked on the Summer and Satellite projects. Ilya Stewart stressed in an interview with the "Snob" edition that the films about the Holocaust are a separate genre, in which the film "Farsi lessons" said a lot. However, the script is so shocked that the question of whether to shoot the project or not, did not stand. The creator also added that there is no focus on the tragedy and is present in places Irony.
Actors and roles
In the main roles of the project are involved:- Navel Perez Biskayrt - Housing Krepe, a concluded concentration camp who issues himself for Persians;
- Lars Idinger - Klaus Koh, Cook of the concentration camp.
In the film "Lessons Farsi" also starred : Leoni Benesh, Jonas Nai, Alexander Bayer, Sophia Hersheh, David Schüther and others.
Interesting Facts
1. The director of the project Vadim Perelman is known for the film "House from Sand and Tuman", nominated for Oscar, whose producer was Stephen Spielberg. Another memorable work was the film "All Life" before my eyes "with the mind of the turman. Russian audience director is familiar to the "Christmas tree 5" project, as well as the series "ashes" and "treason".
2. The shooting took place in Belarus. Spectators will see the locations of Minsk, Smolevichi and the territory of the Bobruian Fortress.
3. In early December 2020, it became known that the film "Farsi Lessons" was nominated for the Oscar Prize. And on January 8, 2021, it was reported that the project was disqualified. The reason for such a decision of the film academy was the insufficient participation of representatives of Belarus in the creative group. The decision was also taken on the last day. The project director stated that since the picture was lifted in German, then it was possible to declare from Germany. But this did not guarantee the hit in a shortist, because Germany may have already been their favorites.
4. Initially, Timur Bekmambetov worked on the project, and Vadim Perelman participated in the filming of the film "Christmas Tree 5". Then Bekmambetov showed the script of the film "Farsi Lessons" Perelman. So the shooting of the New Year comedy was a happy occasion in the life of the director who got a wonderful scenario.
5. Black German Shepherds took part in the filming. Animal was from 1.5 to 4 years. On the set of the series, the creators of the series achieved reliability, and therefore forced four-legged angry is not a ponaroshka. When shooting one of the episodes of dogs forced to sum up as close as possible, which, according to the owner, was dangerous for actors. To discharge the situation, between the oaks, the owner of the animals switched the attention of dogs to the favorite toys. By the way, for four-legged, this is not the first cinematic experience. Earlier, one animal played a Mukhtar friend in the project "Return of Mukhtar. New trace. "
6. Some episodes of kinocartes are treated on the eyes. Vadim Perelman was confessed in an interview: "For the final scene it turned out such an emotional, I controlled the installation of each frame, that is, 1/24 seconds. She tried to show how the characters react to the words of the main character. " Not dealt with the film and without mysticism. The director said that one of the episodes created by archival photo, where the Germans rested on a picnic.
7. Residents of the city of Bobruisk participated in mass scenes. Members of the shooting noted that the most difficult turned out to be standing in frost in free clothing. The wind penetrated inside, and shoes wet. In such a state, it was sometimes 10-11 hours. Meanwhile, the team did not stop and, despite the mood of the crowd, continued to do duplicas until the required result was obtained.
8. The film "Farsi Lessons" was already evaluated by critics, which noted the unusual specified tone of film contamines and the versatility of the project. According to Tamara chassis in the review review of the film "TASS", the director managed to deftly mix the drama and comedy on the concentration camp weekdays, where "one wrong word can turn into a fool's joke, and a stupid joke - in the tragedy."
9. The film "Farsi lessons" was estimated by the film critics of Russia by 100%, and the audience rating was from 7 to 8 out of 10. In the reviews of the audience, to see the drama, the atmospheric of events in the frame is equated to the projects of Pianist and Schindler's list.