Series199076 min / epEndedUS TV-14

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.

DocumentaryWar & Politics

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Production

Florentine Films

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Scope

1 season

9 episodes

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Cast

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Featured 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)

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Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)

#11

Charles McDowell

Samuel R. Watkins (voice)

#12

Horton Foote

Jefferson Davis (voice)

Crew

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Paul Barnes

Editor

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Jay Ungar

Original Music Composer

Sound

Ken Burns

Director of Photography

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Ric Burns

Producer

Production

Ken Burns

Executive Producer

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516 × 774

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1052 × 1500

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1251 × 1876

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Seasons

Season 0

Specials

15 episodes

Season 1

Miniseries

9 episodes • 1990

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TMDB Score

7.9

from 128 ratings

Certification

US TV-14

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