The Narrow Road to the Deep North (miniseries)

Main • Jacob Elordi as Dorrigo Evans • Ciarán Hinds as Older Dorrigo Evans • Olivia DeJonge as Ella • Heather Mitchell as Older Ella • Odessa Young as Amy Mulvaney • Show Kasamatsu as Major Nakamura • Simon Baker as Keith Mulvaney • Essie Davis as Lynette Maison • Dan Wyllie as Rick Maison Supporting • Thomas Weatherall as Frank 'Darky' Gardiner • William Lodder as Guy 'Rabbit' Hendricks • Fabian McCallum as 'Sheephead' Morton • David Howell as 'Tiny' Middleton • Sam Parsonson as 'Rooster' MacNeice • Taki Abe as Colonel Kota • Charles An as The Goanna • Akira Fujii as Kenji Mogami • Masa Yamaguchi as Lieutenant Fukuhara • Rupert Bevan as The Poet • Ewen Leslie as Edward Lansbury • George Simitzis as Australian POW • Jack McGreal as Australian POW ==Episodes==

Development In March 2018, Fremantle acquired rights to Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan, to adapt into a television series. In November 2019, it was announced Justin Kurzel would direct the series, with Shaun Grant serving as writer. Fremantle later exited the project with Curio Pictures serving as producer instead. Casting In November 2022, Jacob Elordi joined the cast, followed by Odessa Young, Ciarán Hinds, Olivia DeJonge, Heather Mitchell, Thomas Weatherall, Show Kasamatsu, Charles An, and Simon Baker in November 2023. Filming Principal photography began in November 2023, and filming continued through to March 2024. ==Release==

Amazon Prime Video distributed the series in Australia, United States, Canada, and New Zealand, with Sony Pictures Television set to distribute elsewhere internationally. On 17 January 2025, it was announced that after the first presentation at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, the series would be released on 18 April 2025 to coincide with Easter holidays on Amazon Prime Video. The series was acquired by the BBC for broadcast on BBC One & the BBC iPlayer in United Kingdom. In Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland, the series will be available in Sky, whereas HBO Max will stream the series exclusively in Central and Eastern Europe. In Latin America, the series will be available in NBCUniversal's Universal+. Other deals include RTÉ (Ireland), Movistar Plus+ (Spain), Nova (Greece), AXN (Portugal) and LG Uplus (South Korea). ==Reception==

Critical response The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8.3/10, based on 37 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "A difficult watch made riveting by director Justin Kurzel and star Jacob Elordi's sterling work, The Narrow Road to the Deep North chronicles the inhumanity of war with fierce intelligence." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 83 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "universal acclaim " reviews. In a review for The Guardian, Luke Buckmaster awarded the show 4 out of 5 stars, noting the strength of the performances and the complexity of the relationships depicted. He also complimented the direction, writing: "You never doubt the show’s realism, or the compassion underpinning it". Hugh Montgomery of the BBC praised the acting of Elordi and Young and described them as possessing "smouldering chemistry". ==References==