Name: The Optimist
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-03-11
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Robin Weigert, Leah Pipes

The Optimist

TMDB 6.8ČSFD 68%20261h 42mReleased

Drama

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.

Director: Finn Taylor
Released: Mar 11, 2026