FDR (2023)
The new documentary event will provide an epic portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, unpacking how his own fight with polio prepared him for the challenges of leading the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. Based upon Goodwin's New York Times bestseller, Leadership: In Turbulent Times, viewers will experience a most harrowing, yet heroic time in history when through grit, commitment and shared sacrifice FDR was the right man at the right time to lead the U.S. and the allied nations, projecting confidence in himself and America.
- First aired
- 2023-05-29
- Genres
- Documentary, War & Politics
- Seasons
- 1 (3 episodes)
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Malcolm Venville
- Directed / written by
- Malcolm Venville
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Christian McKay as Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Alice Bounsall as Eleanor Roosevelt
- Rufus Jones as Theodore Roosevelt
- Adrian Galley
- Jazzara Jaslyn
- Pierre Malherbe
- Rupert Anderson
- Anthony C. Hyde
- Jacques Adriaanse
- Sean Cameron Michael
- Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self - President of US (archive footage)
- Winston Churchill as Self - Prime Minister of UK (archive footage)
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