Quick Facts
CreatorCatherine Yang Eisele
Years1990 · Ended
RatingTV-14
GenresDocumentary · War-politics
TV Series
The Civil War
1990· TV-14· Documentary· War-politics
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
1990-09-23
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Episodes
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Cast & Characters
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Key Crew
ProducerCatherine Yang Eisele
Director of PhotographyKen Burns
Original Music ComposerJay Ungar
EditorPaul Barnes
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 9 crew)
Details
First aired1990-09-23
StatusEnded
StudiosFlorentine Films · American Documentary Films Inc. · Kenneth Lauren Burns
LanguagesGerman · English
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.9/10 · 128 votes
Original languageen
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