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7.9/10 1990 4K 76 min
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.

The Civil War
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)