The Roosevelts: An Intimate History 2014
Created by Ken Burns
- Documentary, History, War & Politics
- 1 season
- 7 episodes
- Ended
- TV-PG
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.
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- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)
- David McCulloughSelf - Historian
- Meryl StreepEleanor Roosevelt (voice)
- Edward HerrmannFranklin Roosevelt (voice)
- Paul GiamattiTheodore Roosevelt (voice)
- Theodore RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
- Doris Kearns GoodwinSelf - Historian
- Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
- John LithgowJames Roosevelt (voice)
- Eleanor RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
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- Ken BurnsCreator
- Ken BurnsDirector
- Geoffrey C. WardWriter
- Ken BurnsWriter
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- Miniseries7 eps · 2014
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