American Experience: FDR

American Experience: FDR

270 mins | Documentary, History | Oct. 12, 1994

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.

American Experience: FDR

270 mins | Documentary, History | Oct. 12, 1994

American Experience: FDR
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.
IMDb rating 8.5
Producers Public Broadcasting Service
Original title American Experience: FDR
Directors David Grubin
Writers David Grubin

Cast

David McCullough

as Narrator

Eleanor Roosevelt

as Herself

Winston Churchill

as Himself

Harry S. Truman

as Himself