The Vietnam War

“There is no single truth in war.”

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Overview

An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.

Cast

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Self - Narrator (voice)

Max Cleland

Max Cleland

Self

Hồ Chí Minh

Hồ Chí Minh

Self (archive footage) / Self - Politician (archive footage)

Karl Marlantes

Self - Marines (1969)

Bao Ninh

Bao Ninh

Self - N. Vietnamese Army

Tran Ngoc Toan

Self - S. Vietnamese Marines

Lam Quang Thi

Self - S. Vietnamese Army

John Musgrave

Self - Marines (1967)

Duong Van Mai

Self - Hanoi

Mike Heaney

Self - Army (1966)

Donald Gregg

Self - CIA

Bui Diem

Self - S. Vietnamese Diplomat

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Dong Si Nguyen

Self - Viet Minh

Nguyen Van Tong

Self - Viet Minh

George Wickes

Self - OSS

Nguyen Thoi Bung

Self - Viet Minh

Rufus Phillips

Self - CIA

Vincent Okamoto

Self - Army (1968)

Le Quan Cong

Self - Viet Minh

Leslie H. Gelb

Self - Pentagon

Huy Duc

Self - North Vietnam

Nguyen Ngoc

Nguyen Ngoc

Self - Viet Minh

Tim O'Brien

Self - Army (1969)

Le Cong Huan

Self - Viet Minh

Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Tran Ngoc 'Harry' Hue

Self - S. Vietnamese Army

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Roger Harris

Self - Marines (1967)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Robert McNamara

Robert McNamara

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hal Kushner

Self - Danville, VA

Sam Wilson

Self - Army

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ron Ferrizzi

Self - Army (1968)

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Douglas Gracey

Self - British Military (archive footage)

Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Henri Navarre

Self - French Military (archive footage)

Võ Nguyên Giáp

Võ Nguyên Giáp

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ngô Đình Diệm

Ngô Đình Diệm

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Trent Lott

Trent Lott

Self (archive footage)

Bernt Hahn

Duong Van Mai Elliott

Hans-Gerd Kilbinger

James Willbanks

Joachim Król

Josef Tratnik

Renate Fuhrmann

Simon Roden

Creator / Director
Ken Burns
Rating source
TMDB