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The Civil War

Series1990

DocumentaryWar & Politics
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Community score

7.9130 votes on TMDB

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6.8

The story

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

Cast

  • David McCullough
    David McCulloughNarrator (voice)
  • Sam Waterston
    Sam WaterstonAbraham Lincoln (voice)
  • Julie Harris
    Julie HarrisMary Chestnut (voice)
  • Jason Robards
    Jason RobardsUlysses S. Grant (voice)
  • Morgan Freeman
    Morgan FreemanFrederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
  • Paul Roebling
    Paul RoeblingJoshua Chamberlain (voice)
  • Garrison Keillor
    Garrison KeillorWalt Whitman (voice)
  • George Black — artwork unavailable
    George BlackRobert E. Lee (voice)
  • Arthur Miller
    Arthur MillerWilliam Tecumseh Sherman (voice)
  • Christopher Murney
    Christopher MurneyElisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)