'A Little Light: Protecting Anne Frank' trailer and poster now available

The new National Geographic series can be seen exclusively on May 2nd on Disney+

Starring Bel Powley, Joe Cole and Lie Scheibrer; will bring viewers closer to the inspiring story of Miep Gieps (Bel Powey), the young Dutch woman who helped hide Anne Frank's (Billie Boullet) family. The miniseries will have eight episodes.

Sensitively toldA Little Light: Protecting Anne Frank” takes us back to those tragic and seeks for Miep's story to awaken consciences forces viewers to ask themselves what they would have done if they were in Miep's shoes and invites them to reflect on whether, in our time, they would have the courage to face hate.

For two years, Miep and her husband Jan (Joe Cole), along with other collaborators, hid the Fran, van Pleis and Pfeffer families from the Nazis in a secret hideout. “We were very impressed when we first heard Miep Gies' story. We were also convinced that this miniseries about an everyday superherowhich almost no one had heard of, needed an unprecedented premiere“, declared Carolyn Bernstein, EVP, Scripted Films and Documentaries, National Geographic. “We want to take 'A Little Light: Protecting Anne Frank' to the largest number of people around the world and I look forward to this release on various channels and streaming platforms. allow the audience to fall in love with the inspiring figure of Miep just like it happened to us”.

The ABC Signature and Keshet Studios production for National Geographic will also include in its cast Amira Casarwho plays Edith Frank, Margot and Anne's mother; Ashley Brookewho is Margot Frank, Anne's older sister; Andy Nyman, Caroline Catz, Rudy Goodmanas Peter van Pels and noah taylor They all hid in the annex along with the Frank family; Furthermore, they will also have Eleanor Tomlinson, sally messham, Ian McElhinney, Nicholas Burns, Liza Sadova, Laurie Kynaston It is Sebastian Armesto.

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