The Optimist (2026)
2026 · NR · 1h 42m · Drama
Genres: 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…
Director: Finn Taylor
Writers: Finn Taylor
Cast
Stephen Lang as Herbert HellerElsie Fisher as AbbeyLuke David Blumm as Young Herbert HellerRobin Weigert as RuthLeah Pipes as JaneBen Geurens as GabeUrsula Parker as SabrinaSlavko Sobin as Herbert's FatherStella Stocker as Herbert's MotherOskar Hes as Hein HellerStephanie Heiner as LindaJosh Schell as CopMore like this
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