Grant
2020 · Miniseries · TV-14 · 125 min
★ 7.0(23)unSUB Rating
This documentary miniseries traces a famed American leader’s life through war and public service, using personal perspective to illuminate the Civil War and the turbulent years that followed. Blending expert commentary with dramatic reenactments, it aims to humanize its subject while explaining the era’s high-stakes decisions and consequences.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-05-25
- Network
- History
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 125 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.1/10 (23 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an accessible, character-focused history series that mixes commentary with reenactments and covers both war and its aftermath, like The Roosevelts: An Intimate History; Not for you if you dislike graphic combat scenes or prefer purely academic documentaries.
Pros: engaging reenactments; informative expert voices; big-picture history | Cons: graphic battle violence; occasional disputed details; pacing feels rushed
Themes
- civil war
- usa president
- american civil war
- reconstruction era
- early america
Cast & crew
Justin Salinger
as Ulysses S. Grant
Carel Nel
as Abraham Lincoln
Jason K. Ralph
as General Sherman
- BH
Brian Heydenrych
as Robert E. Lee
Francis Chouler
as John Rawlins
Dianne Simpson
as Julia Grant
- ND
Nicholas Dallas
as Major Lewis Merrill
- DA
Darron Araujo
as Mark Twain
Craig Jackson
as General Halleck
Daniel Fox
as Colonel Charles Marshall
Directed by Malcolm Venville
Episodes1 season · 3 episodes
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