The Civil War
8.0 TMDB

The Civil War (1990)

Documentary War & Politics • 76 min

Overview

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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Top Cast

David McCullough

David McCullough

Narrator (voice)

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Abraham Lincoln (voice)

Julie Harris

Julie Harris

Mary Chestnut (voice)

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)

Paul Roebling

Paul Roebling

Joshua Chamberlain (voice)

Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

Walt Whitman (voice)

George Black

George Black

Robert E. Lee (voice)

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)

Christopher Murney

Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)

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