Watch the First Trailer All The Light We Cannot See

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Netflix's highly anticipated adaptation of All The Light We Cannot See will premiere this year. "Over the course of a decade, this limited series interweaves the lives of Marie-Laure Leblanc, a blind French girl taking refuge with her uncle during WWII, and Werner Pfennig, an brilliant German teenager with an expertise in radio repair. Through a shared secret connection, they find faith in humanity and the possibility of hope," Netflix writes of the show.

Here's everything we know about the adaptation of the bestselling book.

Newcomer Aria Mia Loberti will lead the cast.

In 2021, the streamer announced that newcomer Aria Mia Loberti will play the central role of Marie-Laure, in the screen version of Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer-winning 2014 novel. Marie-Laure is a blind teenage girl fighting for survival in occupied France during World War II, who fatefully crosses paths with a young German soldier, Werner.

Per Netflix's release, Loberti is a recent Fulbright Scholar and a current PhD student at Pennsylvania State University. Though she has no formal acting training and has not acted on screen before, Loberti decided to audition after hearing that the casting directors were seeking blind and low-vision actresses for the role.

“To find an actress to play the iconic Marie-Laure—a young blind woman whose greatest strength is the tenacity of her hope and the power of her voice across the airwaves during wartime—was no small challenge," director and executive producer Shawn Levy said in a statement. "We searched the world and reviewed thousands of auditions. We never thought our path would lead to someone who has not only never acted professionally, but never auditioned before. It was a jaw-drop moment when we first saw Aria Mia Loberti, who is both a natural performer and an advocate for disability equity and representation. I can’t wait to tell this beautiful story with her at the center.”

Mark Ruffalo will play Daniel LeBlanc, " the principal locksmith at the Museum of Natural History in Paris," and Marie-Laure's father. Hugh Laurie will play Etienne LeBlanc, which Netflix describes as "an eccentric and reclusive World War I hero suffering from PTSD." Nell Sutton will make her acting debut as the younger version of Marie-Laure, described as "thoughtful, curious, intelligent and courageous." Like Loberti, Sutton is legally blind.

Werner will be played by Dark actor Louis Hofmann, and is described as "quietly pensive, handsome young German soldier who gets swept up in the brutality of war. Soulful, poetic and honorable with leading man looks, he has a strong moral compass in a complicated world." Lars Eidinger will play Sergeant Major Reinhold von Rumpel, who's described by Netflix's casting release as "a cruel, terminally ill Nazi officer who spends his final days ruthlessly hunting down a prized, legendary diamond believed to give its owner eternal life."

The four-part series will premiere on November 2, 2023.

The first trailer dropped in April 2021:

All The Light We Cannot See was directed by Shawn Levy and written by Steven Knight, whose credits include Peaky Blinders and Spencer.

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