(The Optimist)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Czech Republic,

United States of America

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

102 minutes

Year:

2026

Directors:

Finn Taylor

Production companies:

Stillking Films,

Convoke Media,

Witchcraft Motion Picture Company

Actors:

Herbert Heller

Abbey

Young Herbert Heller

Linda

Crews:

Writer

Director

Producer

Co-Producer

Executive Producer