About All the Light We Cannot See Season 1 – TV Series

All the Light We Cannot See Season 1 TV Series Details

All the Light We Cannot See is an American drama limited series directed by Shawn Levy and developed by Steven Knight for Netflix. Based on Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name, it stars Aria Mia Loberti, Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie. The four-part series follows the stories of a blind French girl named Marie-Laure and a German soldier named Werner, whose paths cross in occupied France during World War II.

The limited series was released on November 2, 2023.

STORY

CAST

Aria Mia Loberti as Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a blind French teenage girl and the daughter of Daniel LeBlanc
Louis Hofmann as Unterfeldwebel Werner Pfennig, a young German boy who eventually becomes a soldier specializing in detecting and tracking radio frequencies.
Lars Eidinger as Standartenführer Reinhold von Rumpel, an officer of the SS who certifies and evaluates art, jewelry.
Hugh Laurie as Etienne LeBlanc, a reclusive World War I veteran suffering from PTSD and the great-uncle of Marie-Laure
Mark Ruffalo as Daniel LeBlanc, father of Marie-Laure and a locksmith at the Museum of Natural History in Paris
Marion Bailey as Madame Manec

PRODUCTION

In March 2019, Netflix and 21 Laps Entertainment acquired the rights to develop a limited television series adaptation of the novel with Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Josh Barry executive producing. In September 2021, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order consisting of four episodes, with Steven Knight writing the series and Levy directing all episodes. In December 2021, it was announced that Aria Mia Loberti would play as Marie-Laure.

In January 2022, it was announced that both Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie joined the cast, set as leads opposite Loberti. Ruffalo is set to portray Daniel LeBlanc, while Laurie will portray Etienne LeBlanc.

In February 2022, it was announced that Louis Hofmann, Lars Eidinger and Nell Sutton joined the cast.

Composer James Newton Howard will write the musical score for the series.

Filming took place between March and July 2022 in Budapest, Saint-Malo and Villefranche-de-Rouergue (Aveyron department, south of France), with the main scenes (street, bombings, Saint-Malo liberation) being filmed in the latter. This town was chosen for its ancient central square similar to Saint-Malo’s before the World War II destruction, and for its familiar 1940s style streets. The shooting in Villefranche-de-Rouergue took place from July 5 to 20, 2022. A large part of the town was adapted for the production needs.