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Season 1, Episode 4

The Storm (1920-1933)

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Air Date: 2014-09-17

Overview: Franklin Roosevelt runs for vice president in 1920 and seems assured of a still brighter future until polio devastates him. He spends seven years struggling without success to walk again, while Eleanor builds her own personal and political life of. FDR returns to politics in 1928 and acts with such vigor during the first years of the Great Depression that the Democrats nominate him for president.

Runtime: 117 minutes

5.0 / 5

Cast

Peter Coyote Image

Peter Coyote

David McCullough Image

David McCullough

Meryl Streep Image

Meryl Streep

Edward Herrmann Image

Edward Herrmann

Paul Giamatti Image

Paul Giamatti

Theodore Roosevelt Image

Theodore Roosevelt

Doris Kearns Goodwin Image

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Franklin D. Roosevelt Image

Franklin D. Roosevelt

John Lithgow Image

John Lithgow

Eleanor Roosevelt Image

Eleanor Roosevelt