In “Schindler’s List,” most of the actors spoke English, using accents to indicate their characters’ origins. In “Son of Saul,” the cast struggles to communicate in a mish-mosh of languages, as Jews ...

Director Vadim Perelman and frequent Berlinale film star Lars Eidinger on Saturday championed their new Holocaust-set “Persian Lessons” as a timely, very German tale of how that dark history is closer ...

Although the title might suggest a quaint, cross-cultural excursion along the lines of “Italian for Beginners” or “Learning to Drive,” Vadim Perelman’s “Persian Lessons” turns out to be reaching for ...

The book which is appropriate for intermediate and upper-intermediate Persian learners, aims at familiarizing them with the Persian culture and proverbs with a simple method. It teaches the correct ...

A big, widescreen cinematic ride which deftly mixes suspense, laughter and tears, Persian Lessons marks a return to form for Ukranian-born Canadian director Vadim Perelman, 17 years after his ...

What to call the Persian language in Afghanistan? It's a question Afghans have grappled with and sparred over for decades. The long-simmering dispute was reignited after the BBC changed the name of ...