The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

2014 1 Seasons ⭐ 7.7
Documentary History War & Politics

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

1. Get Action (1858-1901)

2014-09-14 • ⭐ 8.0

A frail, asthmatic young Theodore Roosevelt transforms himself into a champion of the strenuous life, loses one great love and finds another, leads men into battle and then rises …

2. In the Arena (1901-1910)

2014-09-15 • ⭐ 10.0

Murder brings Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency, but in the seven years that follow, he transforms the office and makes himself perhaps the best-loved of all presidents, battli…

3. The Fire of Life (1910-1919)

2014-09-16 • ⭐ 9.0

Theodore Roosevelt leads a Progressive crusade that splits his own party, campaigns for American entry into World War I — and pays a terrible personal price. Franklin masters wart…

4. The Storm (1920-1933)

2014-09-17 • ⭐ 10.0

Franklin Roosevelt runs for vice president in 1920 and seems assured of a still brighter future until polio devastates him. He spends seven years struggling without success to wal…

5. The Rising Road (1933-1939)

2014-09-18 • ⭐ 10.0

FDR brings the same optimism and energy to the White House that his cousin Theodore displayed. Aimed at ending the Depression, his sweeping New Deal restores the people’s self-con…

6. The Common Cause (1939-1944)

2014-09-19 • ⭐ 10.0

FDR shatters the third-term tradition, struggles to prepare a reluctant country to enter World War II and, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, helps set the course toward A…

7. A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962)

2014-09-20 • ⭐ 10.0

Frail and failing but determined to see the war through to victory, FDR wins re-election and begins planning for a peaceful postwar world, but a cerebral hemorrhage kills him at 6…

Top Cast

Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote
David McCullough
David McCullough
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Edward Herrmann
Edward Herrmann
Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Lithgow
John Lithgow
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt

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