TV SeriesDocumentaryWar & Politics
The Civil War
7.9(135)19901 season · 9 ep
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
- Director
- Ken Burns
- Created by
- Ken Burns
- Writers
- Ken Burns,Geoffrey C. Ward
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Cast
David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut (voice)
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman (voice)
George Black
Robert E. Lee (voice)
Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)
Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)
Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins (voice)
Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis (voice)
George Plimpton
George Templeton Strong (voice)
Philip Bosco
Horace Greeley (voice)
Terry Courier
George B. McClellan (voice)
Jody Powell
Stonewall Jackson / Various (voice)
Studs Terkel
Benjamin Butler / Various
Hoyt Axton
Various (voice)
John Hartford
Various (voice)
Colleen Dewhurst
Various (voice)
Shelby Foote
Various (voice)
Ronnie Gilbert
Various (voice)
Jeremy Irons
Various (voice)
Gene Jones
Various (voice)
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Crew
Directing
- Ken BurnsDirector
Writing
- Ken BurnsWriter
- Geoffrey C. WardWriter
Production
- Stephen IvesProducer
- Julie A. DunfeyProducer
- Ric BurnsProducer
- Catherine Yang EiseleProducer
- Ken BurnsExecutive Producer
- Mike HillProducer
Camera
- Ken BurnsDirector of Photography
Editing
- Paul BarnesEditor
Sound
- Jay UngarOriginal Music Composer