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The Optimist

2026 · Finn Taylor · 102 min

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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.

Stephen LangHerbert HellerElsie FisherAbbeyLuke David BlummYoung Herbert HellerRobin WeigertRuthLeah PipesJaneBen GeurensGabeUrsula ParkerSabrinaSlavko SobinHerbert's FatherStella StockerHerbert's MotherOskar HesHein HellerStephanie HeinerLindaJosh SchellCopJake LucasCenturion (uncredited)

Cast

Stephen LangHerbert HellerElsie FisherAbbeyLuke David BlummYoung Herbert HellerRobin WeigertRuthLeah PipesJaneBen GeurensGabeUrsula ParkerSabrinaSlavko SobinHerbert's FatherStella StockerHerbert's MotherOskar HesHein HellerStephanie HeinerLindaJosh SchellCopJake LucasCenturion (uncredited)

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