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The Optimist

Genres
Drama
Rating
7.0
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesCzech RepublicUnited States of America
Release Date2023-10-06
Runtime102 mins

Overview

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.

Cast & Crew

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Stephen Lang

as Herbert Heller

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Elsie Fisher

as Abbey

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Robin Weigert

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Luke David Blumm

as Young Herbert Heller

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Stephanie Heiner

as Linda

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Josh Schell

as Cop

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Jake Lucas

as Centurion (uncredited)

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