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.

Genre: Drama

Actor: Joshua Schell, Luke David Blumm, Robin Weigert, Stephanie Heiner, Stephen Lang

Production: Stillking Films, Convoke Media, Witchcraft Motion Picture Company, Convoke Media, Witchcraft Motion Picture Company

Country: Czech Republic, United States of America

Duration: 102 min

Quality: HD

Release: 2026-03-11

IMDb: n/a

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