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The Optimist
7.3(3) 3/11/2026 1h 42m
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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
Herbert Heller
Elsie Fisher
Abbey
Luke David Blumm
Young Herbert Heller
Robin Weigert
Ruth
Leah Pipes
Jane
Ben Geurens
Gabe
Ursula Parker
Sabrina
Slavko Sobin
Herbert's Father
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Finn TaylorWriterGreg TaxinExecutive ProducerGeorge RushProducerDebi MemmoloExecutive ProducerNoah LangExecutive Producer
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Stillking Films
Convoke Media
Witchcraft Motion Picture CompanyReviews
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