The Optimist

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Herbert Heller keeps his experience as a teenage boy surviving in Auschwitz hidden from his family. Until he meets Abby, a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Robin Weigert, Luke David Blumm, Stephanie Heiner, Josh Schell, Jake Lucas

Crew: Matthew Stillman (Co-Producer), Jennifer Goshay (Co-Producer), Michael Manasseri (Co-Producer), David Minkowski (Co-Producer), Finn Taylor (Writer)

Country: Czech Republic, United States of America

Runtime: 102 minutes

Quality: HD

Release: 2026

imdb rating 9

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