68% Match2026NR1h 42m
Drama
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.
Cast: Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Robin Weigert, Leah Pipes, Ben Geurens
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About The Optimist
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.
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Release
Mar 11, 2026
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Czech RepublicUnited States of America
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EnglishGerman