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MONEY
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1 season · 9 episodes total · ~9 per season.
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The Civil War
1990 1 seasons · 9 eps German
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★7.9TMDB · 135
DocumentaryWar & Politics
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A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Cast
David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut (voice)
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman (voice)
George Black
Robert E. Lee (voice)
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RUNTIME
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Short-form: under 10 episodes, so binge-completable in a weekend.
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RUNTIME
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Roughly 11 hours end-to-end — 1 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Premiered 1990 and has since ended.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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CINEMA
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Show type: Miniseries.
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CAST
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30 series regulars — a large ensemble that can carry branching arcs.
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DIRECTOR
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Dialogue in German, English.
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- Seasons
- 1
- Total episodes
- 9
- Avg episode length
- 76 min
- Premiered
- 1990-09-23
- Last aired
- 1990-09-27
- Languages
- German, English
- Countries
- United States of America
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