The Optimists

The early 1960s. The Soviet Union is experiencing a bright Khrushchev-era, full of hope. A group of young diplomats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs come face to face with world-changing global events. Before long, these wide-eyed idealists find themselves deep in the breathtaking world of spy games, mortal dangers, and brilliant political maneuvering.

• Lily IdovScreenplay
• Alexey PopogrebskyWriter
• Mikhail ShpritsWriter
• Alexey PopogrebskyDirector
• Yuliya LukshinaWriter
• Mikhail IdovWriter
• Yevgeniy MorozovWriter

• Andrey SmirnovGeorgy Mikhailovich
• Jonathan SalwayCast
• Vladimir VdovichenkovGrigory Biryukov
• Severija JanušauskaitėRuta Blaumane
• Artyom BystrovLeonid Korneev
• Egor KoreshkovAndrey Muratov
• Evgenia BrikGalina Volina
• Anatoliy BelyyCast
• Yuriy KuznetsovCast
• Aleksandr FeklistovCast
• Andrey EgorovCast
• Mikhail KhomyakovCast