The Gettysburg Address
movie
The long road to freedom and equality
Released November 19, 2025
Genres:
Overview
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.
Cast
Cary Elwes
as
John P. Jones (voice)
Sam Elliott
as
Ward Hill Lamon (voice)
Neal McDonough
as
Charles Sumner (voice)
Dermot Mulroney
as
Andrew Curtin (voice)
Matthew Broderick
as
Reader
William Fichtner
as
John G. Nicolay (voice)
Michael C. Hall
as
Leonard Swett (voice)
Keith David
as
Frederick Douglass (voice)
David Morse
as
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Aidan Quinn
as
Theodore Parker (voice)
Gary Busey
as
John C. Calhoun (voice)
David Strathairn
as
Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)