FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is one of the most revered and influential Americans of this century. The subject of hundreds of books and countless plays, films, and television programs, he has become an icon for an entire generation. Until this definitive 4-hour documentary based on two books by senior creative consultant and FDR biographer Geoffrey Ward, the personal motivations and physical and emotional trails that marked his life remained elusive. By interviewing dozens of those who knew FDR or had chronicled his career, by uncovering rare and previously unseen footage of his public appearances and private life, and by weaving them together in a taut and compelling narrative beautifully read by David McCullough, writer/producer David Grubin presents the most complete account to date for Mr. Roosevelt. For this achievement, a Peabody Award was presented to David Grubin Productions and The American Experience for FDR.
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Cast
David McCullough
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Geoffrey C. Ward
Curtis Roosevelt
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Bronson Chanler
Edna Gurewitsch
Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves
Grenville Clark
James M. Cox
Hugh Gallagher
Elmer Loftin
Robert Fulton Copeland
H. Stuart Raper
Janice Howe Raper
Ben C. Fowler
Alice Converse
David Ginsburg
Alonzo Fields
Herbert Hoover
Thomas J. Walsh
John Nance Garner
Eli Ginzberg
William Leuchtenburg
Chalmers Roberts
Lou Henry Hoover
Robert R. Nathan
Alistair Cooke
Dick Powell
Charles Coughlin
Henry P. Fletcher
Milton Lipson
Walter Trohan
Dorothy Height
Ann Cottrell Free
Charles Evans Hughes
Frederick Van Nuys
Samuel B. Pettengill
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Robert Dallek
Trude Lash
Marian Anderson
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Cordell Hull
Te Ata
Charles A. Lindbergh
Winston Churchill
Mary Soames
George Elsey
Joseph Stalin
Howard G. Bruenn
Eleanor Roosevelt II
Henry A. Wallace
Harry S. Truman
Harlan Fiske Stone
