The Optimist

Name: The Optimist
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-03-11
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Stephanie Heiner, Josh Schell

The Optimist (2026)

Timing: 1:42 (102 min)

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Video for the film The Optimist — THE OPTIMIST Official Trailer (2026) Stephen Lang, WWII Movie HD

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Release date

2026-03-11

Country

Czech Republic, United States

Production

Stillking Films, Convoke Media, Witchcraft Motion Picture Company

Genre

Drama

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Website

https://www.theoptimistmovie.com

Director

Finn Taylor

Actors

Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Stephanie Heiner, Josh Schell, Jake Lucas
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Finn Taylor

Producer

George Rush, Debi Memmolo, Greg Taxin, Noah Lang

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Short description

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.