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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

The Storm (1920-1933)

E4    Sep 17, 2014    54m    TV-PG
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 walk again, while Eleanor builds her own personal and political life of. FDR returns to politics in 1928 and acts with such vigor during the first years of the Great Depression that the Democrats nominate him for president.
Cast of The Storm (1920-1933)
  • Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)
  • David McCulloughHimself - Historian
  • Meryl StreepEleanor Roosevelt (voice)
  • Edward HerrmannFranklin Roosevelt (voice)
  • Paul GiamattiTheodore Roosevelt (voice)
  • Theodore RooseveltHimself (archive footage)
  • Doris Kearns GoodwinHerself - Historian
  • Franklin D. RooseveltHimself (archive footage)
  • John LithgowJames Roosevelt (voice)

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