FDR Poster

FDR

1994 4h 30m star 7.1 / 10

Polio at age 39, president at age 50. Explore the public and private life of a determined man who steered this country through two monumental crises: the Depression and World War II. FDR served as president longer than any other, and his legacy still shapes our understanding of the role of government and the presidency. A film by award winning filmmaker David Grubin. This is the second of four parts.

Top Billed Cast

David McCullough

David McCullough

Narrator

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)