The Optimist (2026)
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.
- Released
- 2026-03-11
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Finn Taylor
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Stephen Lang as Herbert Heller
- Elsie Fisher as Abbey
- Luke David Blumm as Young Herbert Heller
- Robin Weigert as Ruth
- Leah Pipes as Jane
- Ben Geurens as Gabe
- Ursula Parker as Sabrina
- Slavko Sobin as Herbert's Father
- Stella Stocker as Herbert's Mother
- Oskar Hes as Hein Heller
- Stephanie Heiner as Linda
- Josh Schell as Cop