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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

  • TV series
  • 2014
  • TV-PG
  • 1 season
  • 7 episodes

Created by Ken Burns

7.8

TMDB audience rating
7.8 out of 10 from 40 votes

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Overview

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.

Roughly 13h 4m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 7 episodes at the latest episode runtime of 112 minutes.

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Series cast and crew

  • Peter Coyote

    Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)
    7 episodes

  • David McCullough

    David McCulloughSelf - Historian
    7 episodes

  • Meryl Streep

    Meryl StreepEleanor Roosevelt (voice)
    7 episodes

  • Edward Herrmann

    Edward HerrmannFranklin Roosevelt (voice)
    7 episodes

  • Paul Giamatti

    Paul GiamattiTheodore Roosevelt (voice)
    7 episodes

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
    7 episodes

  • Doris Kearns Goodwin

    Doris Kearns GoodwinSelf - Historian
    7 episodes

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
    7 episodes

  • John Lithgow

    John LithgowJames Roosevelt (voice)
    7 episodes

  • Eleanor Roosevelt

    Eleanor RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
    7 episodes

Created by
Ken Burns
Network
PBS

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