Persian Lessons review - confusing Holocaust drama | reviews, news & interviews Persian Lessons review - confusing Holocaust drama Persian Lessons review - confusing Holocaust drama Ukrainian film doesn't add much to the genre by Saskia BaronSaturday, 23 January 2021 Lars Eidinger as Hauptsturmführer Klaus Koch, hankering to open a German restaurant in Tehran This is an odd film, made even odder by a caption near the beginning, which claims it is "inspired by true events" but doesn’t elaborate. Produced in Belarus, it’s a Holocaustdrama based on a novella by the veteran East German screenwriter/director Wolfgang Kohlhaase but made by the Ukrainian director Vadim Perelman.