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The Civil War

1990·1h 10m·1 season

Genres: Documentary / War & PoliticsAge rating: TV-14

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

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Miniseries

9 episodes

Sep 23, 1990

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Photographs, period paintings, lithographs and headlines of the Civil War are combined with moving newsreel footage of Civil War veterans, interviews with distinguished historians and first-person accounts in this award-winning documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns. The miniseries vividly embraces the entire sweep of the war: the complex causes and lasting effects of America's greatest and most moving calamity, the battles and the homefronts, the generals and the private soldiers, the anguish of death in battle and the grief of families at home.

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David McCullough

David McCullough

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Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

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Julie Harris

Julie Harris

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Jason Robards

Jason Robards

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David McCullough

David McCullough

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Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

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Julie Harris

Julie Harris

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Jason Robards

Jason Robards

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Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

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Paul Roebling

Paul Roebling

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Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

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George Black

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Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

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Christopher Murney

Christopher Murney

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Charles McDowell

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Writing: Ken Burns Geoffrey C. Ward
Producing: Ken Burns Stephen Ives
Directors: Ken Burns
Music: Jay Ungar
Cinematography: Ken Burns

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United States of America

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Florentine Films
American Documentary Films Inc.
Kenneth Lauren Burns

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