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The Civil War

DocumentaryWar & Politics

A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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Miniseries9 episodes · 1990

Photographs, period paintings, lithographs and headlines of the Civil War are combined with moving newsreel footage of Civil War veterans, interviews with distinguished historians and first-person accounts in this award-winning documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns. The miniseries vividly embraces the entire sweep of the war: the complex causes and lasting effects of America's greatest and most moving calamity, the battles and the homefronts, the generals and the private soldiers, the anguish of death in battle and the grief of families at home.

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Cast

David McCulloughDavid McCulloughNarrator (voice)
Sam WaterstonSam WaterstonAbraham Lincoln (voice)
Julie HarrisJulie HarrisMary Chestnut (voice)
Jason RobardsJason RobardsUlysses S. Grant (voice)
Morgan FreemanMorgan FreemanFrederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
Paul RoeblingPaul RoeblingJoshua Chamberlain (voice)
Garrison KeillorGarrison KeillorWalt Whitman (voice)
Arthur MillerArthur MillerWilliam Tecumseh Sherman (voice)
Christopher MurneyChristopher MurneyElisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)
Horton FooteHorton FooteJefferson Davis (voice)
George PlimptonGeorge PlimptonGeorge Templeton Strong (voice)
Philip BoscoPhilip BoscoHorace Greeley (voice)
Studs TerkelStuds TerkelBenjamin Butler / Various
Hoyt AxtonHoyt AxtonVarious (voice)
John HartfordJohn HartfordVarious (voice)

Details

Status
Ended
Type
Miniseries
Network
PBS
Aired
1990-09-23 — 1990-09-27
Episodes
1 season · 9 episodes
Episode length
76m
Languages
German, English
Country
US
Production
Florentine Films, American Documentary Films Inc., Kenneth Lauren Burns, WETA, Time-Life Video

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