The Optimist

Name: The Optimist
Director: Finn Taylor
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-03-11
Duration: 102 min
Cast: Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Robin Weigert, Leah Pipes

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2026 · 102 min · NR · Drama · TMDB 6.8/10

Overview

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

Cast

Stephen Lang — Herbert Heller
Elsie Fisher — Abbey
Luke David Blumm — Young Herbert Heller
Robin Weigert — Ruth
Leah Pipes — Jane