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.
The Civil War (1990)
Unknown creator
Ratings
TMDB users
7.9/10
127 votes
Rating consensus
79/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~79/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
David McCullough
Narrator
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman
George Black
Robert E. Lee
Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman
Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes
Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins
Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis
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The Civil War (1990)
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