The Narrow Road to the Deep North

7.620251 SeasonEnded

Drama

War & Politics

Overview

Dorrigo Evans, an Australian surgeon on the Burma Railway during WWII, is haunted by his time as a POW, as well as a forbidden affair he had with his uncle's wife prior to the war.

StatusEnded

First Air Date2025-04-18

Last Air Date2025-04-18

Seasons1

Episodes5

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesAustralia

Keywords

based on novel or book

Videos

3 total

Trailer

The Narrow Road To The Deep North trailer | BBC

Stream

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

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Apple TV Store

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Seasons

Miniseries

5 Episodes · 2025

Cast & Crew

Jacob Elordi

as Dorrigo Evans

Ciarán Hinds

as Dorrigo Evans 1980s

Odessa Young

as Amy Mulvaney

Olivia DeJonge

as Ella Evans

Heather Mitchell

as Ella Evans 1980s

Show Kasamatsu

as Major Nakamura

Simon Baker

as Keith Mulvaney

Thomas Weatherall

as Frank 'Darky' Gardiner

Fabian McCallum

as Sheephead Morton

Caolan McCarthy

as Chum Fahey

Reviews

MovieFestUK

May 25, 2025

Amazon Prime’s "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" is not a war drama in the conventional sense. It is a quiet, unflinching study of memory, guilt, and the impossibility of reconciling the past with the present. Adapted from Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel and brought to the screen with striking restraint by director Justin Kurzel (wh…

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