FILM
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.
Directed by Finn Taylor
Starring Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Robin Weigert, Leah Pipes, Ben Geurens, Ursula Parker, Slavko Sobin
| In cinemas | 11 March 2026 |
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| Digital release | 17 November 2026 |
| Physical release | 18 December 2026 |
| First release anywhere | 11 March 2026 |
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