Miniseries · Netflix
All the Light We Cannot See
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Aria Mia Loberti
Marie-Laure LeBlanc
4 eps
Louis Hofmann
Werner Pfennig
4 eps
Lars Eidinger
Reinhold von Rumpel
4 eps
Hugh Laurie
Etienne LeBlanc
4 eps
Mark Ruffalo
Daniel LeBlanc
4 eps
Nell Sutton
Young Marie-Laure
2 eps
Felix Kammerer
Schmidt
1 eps
Jakob Diehl
Captain Mueller
3 eps
Rosie Hilal
Frau Elena
2 eps
Andrea Deck
Sandrina
2 eps
James Dryden
Monsieur Caron
3 eps
Lucas Herzog
Young Werner
1 eps
Annabelle Berridge
Young Jutta
1 eps
Corin Silva
Frank Volkheimer
3 eps
Douglas Russell
French Restaurant Owner
1 eps
Beth Hinton
French Citizen #1
1 eps
Philip Brook
French Citizen #2
1 eps
Ed Skrein
Herr Seidler
1 eps
Luna Wedler
Jutta
2 eps
Bernd Hölscher
Bastian
2 eps
Pascal Ulli
Dr. Heinrich
1 eps
Rhashan Stone
French Museum Foreman
2 eps
Kata Sarbó
Helga
1 eps
Oscar Hoppe
Bunk Master
1 eps
Jeremy Wheeler
Train Platform Officer
1 eps
Milo Quinton
Frederick
1 eps
Marion Bailey
Madame Manec
2 eps
Simon Paisley Day
Officer Henri
1 eps
Richard Sammel
Dr. Hauptmann
1 eps
Maggie Daniels
Madame Fontineau
2 eps
Bendegúz Bóta
German Boy with Broken Arms
1 eps
Elizabeth Dulau
Jacquelne
2 eps
Mark Edel-Hunt
Gestapo German Officer
1 eps
Sarah Crowden
Madam Blanchard
2 eps
Bence Borköles
German Soldier
1 eps
Declan Hannigan
European Father
1 eps
Petra Páder
European Mother
1 eps
Lion-Russell Baumann
Wehrmacht German Officer
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How All the Light We Cannot See actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
All the Light We Cannot See 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
A blind French girl and a young German soldier's paths collide during WWII.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Episode 1
August 1944. In Nazi-occupied Saint-Malo, Marie broadcasts through an air raid — an act punishable by death. Werner, a young German soldier, listens in.
- Directed by Shawn Levy
S01E02
Episode 2
During an intense interrogation, Marie recalls the Nazi invasion of Paris as Werner remembers a fateful visit from an SS officer to his orphanage.
- Directed by Shawn Levy
S01E04
Episode 4
A hellbent von Rumpel makes his final bid to find the Sea of Flames. As artillery falls and American forces breach the city, Werner races to save Marie.
- Directed by Shawn Levy
S01E03
Episode 3
After earning Etienne's trust, Werner opens up about his haunting past and his ties to shortwave 13.10. Daniel goes to great lengths to trick the Gestapo.
- Directed by Shawn Levy
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Rand GeigerProducer
- Mary McLaglenProducer
- Josh McLaglenProducer
- Shawn LevyExecutive Producer
- Steven KnightExecutive Producer
- Dan LevineExecutive Producer
Direction
- Shawn LevyDirector
Cinematography
- Tobias A. SchliesslerDirector of Photography
Music
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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