Lincoln

Filmed as if through the president's own eyes, Lincoln goes deeper than any documentary has before to reveal the troubled depths behind the man known as the Great Emancipator.

Cast

Bob Creager

as Schuler Colfax - Speaker of the House

Jacob Cowley

as Lincoln - 9 year old

Robert Lavery

as Governor Richard Oglesby

Trina Lloyd

as Nancy Bushrod

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