The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Documentary
History
War & Politics
Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.
2014-09-14
en
Cast
Director
Ken Burns
Peter Coyote as Narrator (voice)
David McCullough as Self - Historian
Meryl Streep as Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
Edward Herrmann as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
Paul Giamatti as Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
Theodore Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)
Doris Kearns Goodwin as Self - Historian
Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)
John Lithgow as James Roosevelt (voice)
Eleanor Roosevelt as Self (archive footage)