Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestThe Civil War over, Lincoln plans Reconstruction with his cabinet and General Grant. Meanwhile, Lincoln suffers unsettling dreams and omens. Lincoln and Mary Todd spend the afternoon of April 14, 1865 looking ahead to a peaceful future.
Lincoln (aka Sandburg's Lincoln) is an American six-part miniseries broadcast on NBC from September 6, 1974 to April 14, 1976.
Acting
Holbrook's Lincoln—rumpled, funny, devastatingly alone.
Writing
Carl Sandburg's poetry bleeding through every monologue.
Production
1970s television earnestness before cynicism killed it.
Creator
David L. Wolper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hal Holbrook spent 15 years perfecting his Lincoln one-man stage show before this; NBC basically funded his passion project.
Released months after Nixon resigned, this mournful Lincoln felt like national therapy—tragedy as cleansing fire.
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