7.9
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
7.8 1 season 7 episodes Ended
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 & episodes
E1Get Action (1858-1901)Sep 14, 2014 · 1h 55m
A frail, asthmatic young Theodore Roosevelt transforms himself into a champion of the strenuous life, loses one great love and finds anothe…
E2In the Arena (1901-1910)Sep 15, 2014 · 1h 57m
Murder brings Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency, but in the seven years that follow, he transforms the office and makes himself perhaps…
E3The Fire of Life (1910-1919)Sep 16, 2014 · 1h 57m
Theodore Roosevelt leads a Progressive crusade that splits his own party, campaigns for American entry into World War I — and pays a terrib…
E4The Storm (1920-1933)Sep 17, 2014 · 1h 57m
Franklin Roosevelt runs for vice president in 1920 and seems assured of a still brighter future until polio devastates him. He spends seven…
E5The Rising Road (1933-1939)Sep 18, 2014 · 1h 57m
FDR brings the same optimism and energy to the White House that his cousin Theodore displayed. Aimed at ending the Depression, his sweeping…
E6The Common Cause (1939-1944)Sep 19, 2014 · 1h 56m
FDR shatters the third-term tradition, struggles to prepare a reluctant country to enter World War II and, after the Japanese attack on Pea…
E7A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962)Sep 20, 2014 · 1h 52m
Frail and failing but determined to see the war through to victory, FDR wins re-election and begins planning for a peaceful postwar world,…
Cast
Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)
David McCulloughSelf - Historian
Meryl StreepEleanor Roosevelt (voice)
Edward HerrmannFranklin Roosevelt (voice)
Paul GiamattiTheodore Roosevelt (voice)
Theodore RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
Doris Kearns GoodwinSelf - Historian
Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
John LithgowJames Roosevelt (voice)
Eleanor RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
