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.
Watch the official The Optimist 2026 trailer in HD below.
Stephen Lang as Herbert Heller
Elsie Fisher as Abbey
Luke David Blumm as Young Herbert Heller
Stephanie Heiner as Linda
Josh Schell as Cop
Matthew Stillman Co-Producer
Jennifer Goshay Co-Producer
Michael Manasseri Co-Producer
David Minkowski Co-Producer
Finn Taylor Writer
Greg Taxin Executive Producer
Liberation Trailer
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Avenue of the Giants Trailer
The Optimist: The Bravest Act Is Truth Trailer
Australia 23 October 2025
United Kingdom 19 January 2026
United States 11 March 2026
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