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A Small Light

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  • 83   Metascore
  • 2023-2023
  • 1 Season
  • National Geographic Channel
  • Documentary, Drama, Action & Adventure
  • TV-14
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Follows twentysomething Miep Gies who, when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II, didn't hesitate. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and the other helpers watched over the eight souls (Otto Frank, his wife Edith and daughters Anne and Margot as well as four others) in hiding in the Secret Annex. And it was Miep who found Anne's Diary and kept it safe so Otto, the only one of the eight who survived, could later share it with the world as one of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust.

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Bel Powley
Miep Gies
Joe Cole
Jan Gies
Amira Casar
Edith Frank

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Episode 1

Pilot

Mon, May 1, 202356 mins

Miep Gies was a Dutch office worker for Otto Frank at his Amsterdam spice company. When the Nazis occupied the Netherlands in WWII, she agreed to help hide Otto Frank, his family, and 4 others in a secret annex behind her office. The show follows Miep from 1942-1944 as she risks her life to smuggle food, news, and supplies to the 8 people in hiding. She juggles constant danger, betrayal, raids, and her own marriage, while trying to stay "small" and unnoticed. After the annex is raided and the families are sent to camps, Miep finds Anne Frank's diary in the wreckage and saves it. She gives it to Otto Frank after the war so Anne's story can be published. It's basically her story - not Anne's POV. It shows what it took to be one of the "helpers" who chose courage over safety.

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Awards

  • 2023 - ReFrame Stamp - TV - winner
  • 2023 - Gold Derby TV Award - Limited/Movie Actress - nominated
  • 2023 - Gold Derby TV Award - Limited Series - nominated
  • 2023 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) - nominated

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