The Optimist
2026 | 102m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Finn Taylor |
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| Writer: | Finn Taylor |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 11, 2026 |
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| Director: | Finn Taylor |
| Writer: | Finn Taylor |
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| Production Companies | Stillking Films, Convoke Media |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 23, 2026 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Finn Taylor | Writer, Director |
| Name | Title |
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| Matthew Stillman | Co-Producer |
| Debi Memmolo | Executive Producer |
| Greg Taxin | Executive Producer |
| Noah Lang | Executive Producer |
| Jennifer Goshay | Co-Producer |
| Mirka Taylor | Co-Producer |
| George Rush | Producer |
| David Minkowski | Co-Producer |
| Michael Manasseri | Co-Producer |
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