The Optimist

Name: The Optimist
Director: Finn Taylor
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-03-11
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Robin Weigert, Leah Pipes

TrailerHDNRIMDB: 7.3

The Optimist (2026) is a drama directed by Finn Taylor rated 7.3/10.

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.

Released: 2026-03-11

Duration: 1h 42m

Genre: Drama

Country: Czech Republic, United States of America

Director: Finn Taylor

Writer: Finn Taylor

Cast: Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Robin Weigert

Production: Stillking Films, Convoke Media