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TV series / 2025
Le Chemin étroit vers les contrées du Nord
Episode directors
Justin Kurzel
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Jacob ElordiDorrigo Evans
Ciarán HindsDorrigo Evans 1980s
Odessa YoungAmy Mulvaney
Olivia DeJongeElla Evans
Heather MitchellElla Evans 1980s
Show KasamatsuMajor Nakamura
Simon BakerKeith Mulvaney
Thomas WeatherallFrank "Darky" Gardiner
Caelan McCarthyChum Fahey
Sam ParsonsonRooster MacNeice
Fabian McCallumSheephead Morton
Eduard GeylJames "Jimmy" Bigelow
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Reagan MannixBonox Baker
Charles Napoleon AnThe Goanna
Akira FujiiKenji Mogami
Masa YamaguchiCaptain Fukuhara
William LodderGuy "Rabbit" Hendricks
Christian ByersJack Rainbow
Joel Aaron BakerPOW Camp Soldier "Mango"
Max BerkmanPOW Camp Soldier "Sticky"
Nic BorrottPOW Camp Soldier "Pickles"
Kyan HeintzPOW Camp Soldier "Beans"
Jono LukinsPOW Camp Soldier "Noggin"
Gregor McAuslanPOW Camp Soldier "Mac"
Callum PritchardPOW Camp Soldier "The Major"
Sean RenfreyPOW Camp Soldier "Bingo Bob"
Brayden TannerPOW Camp Soldier "Ringer"
Luca Timpano BilbatuaPOW Camp Soldier "Wagga Wagga"
Damian HempsteadLes Whittle
Taki AbeColonel Kota
Essie DavisLynette Maison
David HowellTiny Middleton
Dylan BullAustralian POW
Fynn GilbertAustralian POW
Garry BellAustralian POW
Dan WyllieRick Maison
Jeremy BlewittYabby Burrows
Archie LeonardAustralian POW
Dennis HumphreyAustralian POW
James CordyAustralian POW
Di CrossMandolin Player
Justin SmithDr. Steven Hirst
Annabel Marshall-RothDr. Eve Scott
Jade BreenHotel Patron (uncredited)
Mason MansourOmar
Annie ShaperoAnna Moore
Adele RaadTV Crew
Franc VioliWaiter
Alexandra SchepisiHelen Lansbury
Ewen LeslieEdward Lansbury
Damien ThomlinsonPrivate James Rowe
Jack SacksRAAF Serviceman #1
Nicholas SampsonRAAF Serviceman #2
Rupert BevanMax Harris
Lucinda HowesTippy Gardiner
Harry M. FordTrain POW
Aaron HastonDead POW Soldier
James AdcockNightclub Waiter
Chantel CofieJazz Singer
Jeremy CookDrummer
Harrison FullerDouble Bassist
William EndicottTrumpet Player
Joshua CreekPianist
Rachael WhiteBeautiful Lady at Party
Jan Langford PennyMrs. Davis
Susan BoydCEO Military Hospital
Usha CornishYoung Doctor
Paul FoleyYoung Doctor
Hisae UenoYoyoka Takagi
Tahnee StroetElsie Robinson
Paul GleesonHarry Robinson
Josh BonelloDuty Officer
Martin ReyesIJA Guard
Blue WestRay Hale
Lachlan JeffreyHarry Dowling
Musashi WakakiJapanese Guard
Yuko SaitoIkuko Kota
Brenna HardingMaisie Hendricks
Lorelei KurzelDorrigo's Grandchild
Hattie HookJoan Newstead (uncredited)
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