Miniseries · National Geographic
A Small Light
Risk everything.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Bel Powley
Miep Gies
8 eps
Joe Cole
Jan Gies
8 eps
Liev Schreiber
Otto Frank
8 eps
Amira Casar
Edith Frank
8 eps
Billie Boullet
Anne Frank
8 eps
Ashley Brooke
Margot Frank
8 eps
Ian McElhinney
Johannes Kleiman
8 eps
Sally Messham
Bep Voskuijl
8 eps
Nicholas Burns
Victor Kugler
7 eps
Liza Sadovy
Mrs. Stoppelman
6 eps
Sebastian Armesto
Max Stoppelman
4 eps
Laurie Kynaston
Casmir
6 eps
Daniel Donskoy
Karl Silberbauer
2 eps
Dylan Edwards
Isaac Schwarz
2 eps
Sarah T. Cohen
Maya Schwarz
2 eps
Stephen Liebman
Richard
1 eps
Nadia Babke
Ilse
1 eps
Anna Joan
Sophie
1 eps
Andrew Mockler
Kriminal Assistant
1 eps
Robert Dölle
Mueller
1 eps
Rosie Fellner
Therese
1 eps
Jasper Thatai
Older Alfred
1 eps
Andy Nyman
Hermann Van Pels
7 eps
Caroline Catz
Auguste Van Pels
7 eps
Rudi Goodman
Peter Van Pels
6 eps
Preston Nyman
Kuno Van Der Horst
3 eps
Bill Milner
Tonny Ahlers
3 eps
Hanna van Vliet
Frieda
3 eps
Victor McGuire
Grootendorst
1 eps
James Beaumont
Lyman
2 eps
Jim High
Bram Becker
3 eps
Sinéad Phelps
Anka
2 eps
Sytske van der Ster
Laura Kugler
1 eps
Hannah Bristow
Betje
1 eps
Sarah Winter
Liesje
1 eps
Noah Taylor
Dr. Pfeffer
6 eps
Margaux Billard
Stella Soppelman
1 eps
Dries Alkemade
Ziegler
1 eps
Jasper Kerkhof
German Officer in Sidecar
1 eps
Julie Svecená
First Violinist
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How A Small Light actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
A Small Light reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Miep Gies didn't hesitate when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and the other helpers watched over the eight souls in hiding in the Secret Annex. And it was Miep who found Anne's Diary and kept it safe so Otto, the only one of the eight who survived, could later share it with the world as one of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E08
Legacy
With the war ending, Miep and Jan try to find the Franks and other Jewish residents of the annex.
- Directed by Tony Phelan
- Written by Tony Phelan, Joan Rater
S01E07
What Can Be Saved
Miep's worst fear comes true when the Nazis raid the annex.
- Directed by Tony Phelan
- Written by William Harper
S01E01
Pilot
Miep, a young, carefree secretary, agrees to hide Otto Frank and his family from the Nazis.
- Directed by Susanna Fogel
- Written by Tony Phelan, Joan Rater
S01E02
Welcome to Switzerland
With the Frank family secure, Miep's Jewish dentist asks if she knows of a place where he can hide.
- Directed by Susanna Fogel
- Written by Tony Phelan, Joan Rater
S01E04
The Butterfly
Miep must choose between her morals and best friend; Jan's involvement with the resistance deepens.
- Directed by Leslie Hope
- Written by Ben Esler
S01E05
Scheissfeld
Jan refuses to abandon a dangerous mission, and Miep fears for his life.
- Directed by Leslie Hope
- Written by William Harper
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E07
What Can Be Saved
- Directed by Tony Phelan
- Written by William Harper
S01E08
Legacy
- Directed by Tony Phelan
- Written by Tony Phelan, Joan Rater
S01E06
Boiling Point
- Directed by Tony Phelan
- Written by Alyssa Margarite Jacobson
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Tony Phelan
Creator
Joan Rater
Showrunner
Susanna Fogel
Executive producer
Alon Shtruzman
Executive producer
Avi Nir
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
William Harper
Executive producer
Peter Traugott
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Lisa Roos
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Alyssa Margarite Jacobson
Writer
Ben Esler
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Tony PhelanExecutive Producer
- Susanna FogelExecutive Producer
- Alon ShtruzmanExecutive Producer
- Guy RiedelProducer
- Avi NirExecutive Producer
- William HarperExecutive Producer
Writing
- Tony PhelanWriter
- William HarperWriter
- Alyssa Margarite JacobsonWriter
- Joan RaterWriter
- Ben EslerWriter
Direction
- Tony PhelanDirector
- Susanna FogelDirector
- Leslie HopeDirector
Cinematography
- Azul SerraDirector of Photography
- Stuart HowellDirector of Photography
Music
- Ariel MarxOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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