The Optimist
The Optimist

The Optimist

2026 • 1h 42m • 6.8 Released
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.

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Stephen Lang

Stephen Lang

Herbert Heller
Elsie Fisher

Elsie Fisher

Abbey
Luke David Blumm

Luke David Blumm

Young Herbert Heller
Robin Weigert

Robin Weigert

Ruth
Leah Pipes

Leah Pipes

Jane
Ben Geurens

Ben Geurens

Gabe
Ursula Parker

Ursula Parker

Sabrina
Slavko Sobin

Slavko Sobin

Herbert's Father
Stella Stocker

Stella Stocker

Herbert's Mother
Oskar Hes

Oskar Hes

Hein Heller
Stephanie Heiner

Stephanie Heiner

Linda
Josh Schell

Josh Schell

Cop

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