The War
DocumentaryWar & PoliticsCrime
The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.
Director: Ken Burns
Top Cast
Keith David
Narrator (voice)
Tom Hanks
Narrator / Al McIntosh
Josh Lucas
Narrator (voice)
Bobby Cannavale
Narrator / Babe Ciarlo
Samuel L. Jackson
Narrator (voice)
Eli Wallach
Narrator (voice)
Robert Wahlberg
Narrator / James A. Fa
Adam Arkin
Reader (voice)
Carolyn McCormick
Reader (voice)
Paul Fussell
Self
Quentin Aanenson
Self
Sascha Weinzheimer
Self
Seasons
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