Plot Synopsis

Based on Anthony Doerr's 2014 novel of the same name and written and executive produced by Steven Knight, ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE is a four-part miniseries that follows the story of Marie-Laure, a blind French girl and her father, Daniel LeBlanc, who flee German-occupied Paris with a legendary diamond to keep it from falling into the hands of the Nazis. Relentlessly pursued by a cruel Gestapo officer who seeks to possess the stone for his own selfish means, Marie-Laure and Daniel soon find refuge in St. Malo, where they take up residence with a reclusive uncle who transmits clandestine radio broadcasts as part of the resistance. Yet here in this once-idyllic seaside city, Marie-Laure's path also collides inexorably with the unlikeliest of kindred spirits: Werner, a brilliant teenager enlisted by Hitler's regime to track down illegal broadcasts, who instead shares a secret connection to Marie-Laure as well as her faith in humanity and the possibility of hope. Interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner over the course of a decade, the series tells a story of the extraordinary power of human connection -- a beacon of light that can lead us through even the darkest of times. All four episodes of ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE dropped on Thursday, November 2, 2023 on Netflix:

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.

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.

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.

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.