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.
CreatorsKen Burns
WritersKen Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward
Top Casts
Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)
David McCullough
Self - Historian
Meryl Streep
Eleanor Roosevelt (voice)
Edward Herrmann
Franklin Roosevelt (voice)
Paul Giamatti
Theodore Roosevelt (voice)
Theodore Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Self - Historian
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
John Lithgow
James Roosevelt (voice)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Details
First air date2014-09-14
Last air date2014-09-20
Production countriesUnited States of America
LanguageEnglish
Production companiesFlorentine Films, WETA
Homepagehttp://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-roosevelts
