Overview

• The adaptation brings Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize–winning novel to screen in a five-episode series directed by Justin Kurzel and written by Shaun Grant.
• The story weaves three timelines: Dorrigo Evans’s 1943 POW ordeal on the Thailand-Burma Railway, a forbidden wartime romance, and his later reflections as an older man.
• Jacob Elordi stars as the young Dorrigo Evans with Ciarán Hinds portraying his older self, supported by Odessa Young and Simon Baker in key roles.
• Following its April world premiere on Prime Video and a February Berlinale screening, the series has received unanimous critical acclaim and a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
• Viewers in Germany can stream weekly episodes on Wow and Sky starting July 1, with a linear broadcast on Sky Atlantic beginning July 29.