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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

7.9 7 Eps Documentary   History   War & Politics   2014
Florentine Films   WETA  
Creator(s): Ken Burns,

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.

  

Seasons (1)

Season 1

Season 1

7 Episodes

Casts of Season 1

Peter Coyote

as Narrator (voice)

David McCullough

as Self - Historian

Meryl Streep

as Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)

Edward Herrmann

as Franklin Roosevelt (voice)

Paul Giamatti

as Theodore Roosevelt (voice)

Theodore Roosevelt

as Self (archive footage)

Doris Kearns Goodwin

as Self - Historian

Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Self (archive footage)

John Lithgow

as James Roosevelt (voice)

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