She tells one of the people she saves: “If you need to cry, cry now.” She bluffs her way past army checkpoints and gathers scarce food for the hidden.
Viewers first meet Gies as an aimless party girl who is transformed into a resistance fighter after the Nazis invade. “It needs to make people feel ‘What would I do and what should I do?’ Because the situation right now isn’t that different.” “There’s no point in retelling a story about this part of history that everyone knows so well if we’re just going to be bashed over the head by the same historical facts we already know,” said Powley. Gies, who wasn't Jewish, faced certain death if discovered. In addition to an important historical story, the series is also an examination of how far strangers can go to help someone in trouble. Schreiber plays Anne’s father, Otto Frank. “A Small Light” stars Bel Powley as Miep Gies, a real-life heroine for protecting eight people in a secret annex in Amsterdam where Frank would write her famous diary. “The central storyline being about this young woman coming of age and dealing with her marriage gives you this incredibly intimate perspective on what it’s like to have one’s life interrupted by an invasion,” Schreiber said.
The series streams on Disney+ on May 1 and on Hulu the following day.
Instead, National Geographic's “A Small Light” focuses on a young, newly married woman who helped hide Frank and who provided food and other necessities at great risk. It was a story set during the 1942 occupation of the Netherlands by the Nazis and the way some Dutch risked their lives to save Jews from the Holocaust.Ĭelebrated diarist Anne Frank is in it, but she's almost peripheral. NEW YORK (AP) - Liev Schreiber was visiting conflict-ravaged Ukraine when he got a script about real-life events some 80 years ago that felt strangely timely. 1 of4 This image released by National Geographic for Disney shows Liev Schreiber as Otto Frank, left, and Bel Powley as Miep Gies in a scene from "A Small Light." (Dusan Martincek/National Geographic for Disney via AP) Dusan Martincek/AP Show More Show Less 2 of4 This image released by National Geographic for Disney shows Bel Powley as Miep Gies in a scene from "A Small Light." (Dusan Martincek/National Geographic for Disney via AP) Dusan Martincek/AP Show More Show Less 3 of4 This image released by National Geographic for Disney shows Liev Schreiber as Otto Frank in a scene from "A Small Light." (Dusan Martincek/National Geographic for Disney via AP) Dusan Martincek/AP Show More Show Less 4 of4 This image released by National Geographic for Disney shows Liev Schreiber as Otto Frank, left, and Amira Casar as Edith Frank in a scene from "A Small Light." (Dusan Martincek/National Geographic for Disney via AP) Dusan Martincek/AP Show More Show Less
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