The Optimist: The Bravest Act Is Truth
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
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
Stella Stocker
Herbert's Mother
Oskar Hes
Hein Heller
Stephanie Heiner
Linda
Josh Schell
Cop
Jake Lucas
Centurion (uncredited)
Finn Taylor
Director / Writer
Matthew Stillman
Co-Producer
George Rush
Producer
Michael Manasseri
Co-Producer
Noah Lang
Executive Producer
Mirka Taylor
Co-Producer
David Minkowski
Co-Producer
