The Optimist
IMDb9.01080P2026102 min
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.
- Country: Czech Republic, United States of America
- Genres: Drama
- Released: 2026-03-11
- Directors: Finn Taylor
- Productions: Stillking Films, Convoke Media, Witchcraft Motion Picture Company
- Casts: Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Robin Weigert
