The Civil War
Documentary
War & Politics
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
1990-09-23
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Cast
David McCullough as Narrator (voice)
Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Julie Harris as Mary Chestnut (voice)
Jason Robards as Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
Morgan Freeman as Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
Paul Roebling as Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
Garrison Keillor as Walt Whitman (voice)
Arthur Miller as William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)
Christopher Murney as Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)
Horton Foote as Jefferson Davis (voice)
George Plimpton as George Templeton Strong (voice)
Philip Bosco as Horace Greeley (voice)
Studs Terkel as Benjamin Butler / Various
Hoyt Axton as Various (voice)
John Hartford as Various (voice)
Colleen Dewhurst as Various (voice)
Jeremy Irons as Various (voice)
Gene Jones as Various (voice)
Derek Jacobi as William Russell / Various (voice)
Kurt Vonnegut as Various (voice)
Laurence Fishburne as Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)
Pamela Reed as Various (voice)
M. Emmet Walsh as Various (voice)