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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.
- Genres
- Drama
- Released
- 2026-03-11
- Director
- Finn Taylor
- Rating
- ★ 9.0 / 10
Top cast
- Stephen Lang Herbert Heller
- Elsie Fisher Abbey
- Robin Weigert
- Luke David Blumm Young Herbert Heller
- Stephanie Heiner Linda
- Josh Schell Cop
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