Film
The Optimist
2026 · 1h 42m · Drama
- IMDb
- 9.4
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 95%
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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.
Cast
Stephen Lang
Herbert Heller
Elsie Fisher
Abbey
Robin Weigert
Luke David Blumm
Young Herbert Heller
Stephanie Heiner
Linda
Josh Schell
Cop
Jake Lucas
Centurion (uncredited)
Crew
- Finn TaylorWriter · Director
- George RushProducer
- Greg TaxinExecutive Producer
- Debi MemmoloExecutive Producer
- Noah LangExecutive Producer
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 11, 2026
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- 15
- Genres
- Drama
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