The Gettysburg Address

The long road to freedom and equality.

  • Movie
  • 2025
  • 2h 45m
  • Documentary
  • History

In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous speech, separating fact from fiction along the way. Lincoln's greater journey to Gettysburg is chronicled, from his early anti-slavery sentiments as a poor farmer's son to his rousing orations as one of America's greatest leaders.

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Director
Sean Conant
Starring
Cary Elwes, Sam Elliott, Neal McDonough, Dermot Mulroney

Cast

  • Cary Elwes

    Cary Elwes

    John P. Jones (voice)

  • Sam Elliott

    Sam Elliott

    Ward Hill Lamon (voice)

  • Neal McDonough

    Neal McDonough

    Charles Sumner (voice)

  • Dermot Mulroney

    Dermot Mulroney

    Andrew Curtin (voice)

  • Matthew Broderick

    Matthew Broderick

    Reader

  • William Fichtner

    William Fichtner

    John G. Nicolay (voice)

  • Michael C. Hall

    Michael C. Hall

    Leonard Swett (voice)

  • Keith David

    Keith David

    Frederick Douglass (voice)

  • David Morse

    David Morse

    Abraham Lincoln (voice)

  • Aidan Quinn

    Aidan Quinn

    Theodore Parker (voice)

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