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The Civil War

A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

1990 |1 Season  | 1h 16m |  Documentary, War & Politics

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Cast

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David McCullough

Narrator

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Sam Waterston

Abraham Lincoln

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Julie Harris

Mary Chestnut

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Jason Robards

Ulysses S. Grant

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Morgan Freeman

Frederick Douglass

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Paul Roebling

Joshua Chamberlain

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Garrison Keillor

Walt Whitman

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Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes

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George Plimpton

George Templeton Strong

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Philip Bosco

Horace Greeley

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Studs Terkel

Benjamin Butler / Various

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Hoyt Axton

Various

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John Hartford

Various

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Colleen Dewhurst

Various

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Jeremy Irons

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Gene Jones

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Derek Jacobi

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Kurt Vonnegut

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Laurence Fishburne

Various

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Pamela Reed

Various

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M. Emmet Walsh

Various

Seasons List

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Specials

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Miniseries

1990

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Creator

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Status

Ended

Languages

English, German

Network

PBS