The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

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With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices will change the fate of generations to come.
Release date
2012-10-08
Runtime
2h 30m
Languages
English
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Director


  1. Steven Spielberg

Writer


  1. Tony Kushner

Cast


  1. Bruce McGill
    Edwin Stanton
  2. Tommy Lee Jones
    Thaddeus Stevens
  3. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    Robert Lincoln
  4. Tim Blake Nelson
    Richard Schell
  5. Walton Goggins
    Clay Hawkins
  6. Adam Driver
    Samuel Beckwith
  7. John Hawkes
    Robert Latham
  8. David Warshofsky
    William Hutton
  9. David Strathairn
    William Seward
  10. Jared Harris
    Ulysses S. Grant
  11. Michael Stuhlbarg
    George Yeaman
  12. David Oyelowo
    Corporal Ira Clark
  13. Lukas Haas
    First White Soldier
  14. Bill Camp
    Mr. Jolly
  15. Hal Holbrook
    Preston Blair
  16. Jeremy Strong
    John Nicolay
  17. Wayne Duvall
    Senator Bluff Wade
  18. Jackie Earle Haley
    Alexander Stephens
  19. Dakin Matthews
    John Usher
  20. Dane DeHaan
    Second White Soldier
  21. Lee Pace
    Fernando Wood
  22. Sally Field
    Mary Todd Lincoln
  23. Gregory Itzin
    Judge John A. Campbell
  24. Robert Peters
    Jacob Graylor
  25. Peter McRobbie
    George Pendleton
  26. Elizabeth Marvel
    Mrs. Jolly
  27. David Costabile
    James Ashley
  28. Julie White
    Elizabeth Blair Lee
  29. Raynor Scheine
    Josiah S. 'Beanpole' Burton
  30. Martin Dew
    House of Representatives
  31. Dave Hager
    Captain Nathan Saunders – River Queen
  32. James Spader
    W.N. Bilbo
  33. Gloria Reuben
    Elizabeth Keckley
  34. Stephen Henderson
    William Slade
  35. Colman Domingo
    Private Harold Green
  36. Stephen Spinella
    Asa Vintner Litton
  37. Bill Raymond
    Schuyler Colfax
  38. Robert Shepherd
    Dr. Joseph K. Barnes
  39. Christopher Evan Welch
    Clerk – Edward McPherson
  40. Kevin J. Walsh
    House of Representatives
  41. Daniel Day-Lewis
    Abraham Lincoln
  42. Joseph Cross
    John Hay
  43. Boris McGiver
    Alexander Coffroth
  44. Gulliver McGrath
    Tad Lincoln
  45. S. Epatha Merkerson
    Lydia Smith
  46. Christopher Boyer
    General Robert E. Lee
  47. Byron Jennings
    Montgomery Blair
  48. Joe Inscoe
    House of Representatives
  49. Raymond H. Johnson
    House of Representatives
  50. Richard Topol
    James Speed
  51. Grainger Hines
    Gideon Welles
  52. Charley Morgan
    House of Representatives
  53. Don Henderson Baker
    Walter Appleton
  54. Skye Dennis
  55. Alan Sader
    Sergeant At Arms
  56. John Moon
    Edwin LeClerk
  57. Ted Johnson
    John Ellis
  58. Michael Stanton Kennedy
    Hiram Price
  59. Walter Smith
  60. Gannon McHale
    Aaron Haddam
  61. John Hutton
  62. Thomas Belgrey
    Arthur Bentleigh
  63. Michael Goodwin
    Chilton A. Elliot
  64. Todd Hunter
    House of Representatives
  65. Todd Fletcher
    Walter H. Washburn
  66. Carlos Thompson
    Navy Yard – Shouting Soldier
  67. Joseph Miller
    Wounded Soldier
  68. Hilary Montgomery
    House of Representatives – Woman Shouter
  69. Jamie Horton
    Giles Stuart
  70. Shirley Augustine
    House of Representatives – Woman Shouter
  71. Chad Pettit
    House of Representatives
  72. Lancer Dean Shull
    Union Soldier – Bodyguard
  73. Gary Keener
    House of Representatives
  74. Jim Batchelder
    Howard Guillefoyle
  75. Charmaine White
    Minerva – Blair's Servant
  76. Theodore Ewald
    House of Representatives
  77. Benjamin Shirley
    House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter
  78. Walt Smith
    William Fessenden
  79. John Jones
    Wounded Soldier
  80. Rich Wills
    House of Representatives – Soldier One
  81. Robert Ruffin
    Major Thompson Eckert
  82. Armistead Wellford
    Nehemiah Cleary
  83. Billy Caldwell
    House of Representatives
  84. Christopher Alan Stewart
    Sergeant – Grant's HQ
  85. Christopher Cartmill
    Leonard Grover
  86. Frank Moran
    House of Representatives
  87. James 'Ike' Eichling
    William Dennison
  88. John Hutton
    Senator Charles Sumner
  89. Stephen Dunn
    Petersburg Siege Lines – Confederate Officer
  90. Teddy Eck
    Corporal – Grant's HQ
  91. Ford Flannagan
    White House Doorkeeper – Tom Pendel
  92. Glenn T. Crone
    House of Representatives
  93. Joe Dellinger
    Nelson Merrick
  94. Joseph Frances Filipowski
    House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter
  95. Kevin Kline
    Wounded Soldier
  96. Robert Ayers
    White House Petitioner
  97. Sarah Wylie
    House of Representatives – Woman Shouter
  98. Henry Kidd
    House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter
  99. Mike Shiflett
    Senator R.M.T. Hunter
  100. Randolph Meekins
    House of Representatives
  101. Kevin Lawrence O'Donnell
    Charles Hanson
  102. Marcello Rollando
    House of Representatives
  103. Ken Lambert
    Augustus Benjamin
  104. Stephen Dunford
    Actor Swordsman
  105. Paul Gowans
    Wounded Soldier
  106. Robert Wilharm
    Wounded Soldier
  107. Charles Kinney
    Myer Strauss
  108. Asa-Luke Twocrow
    Ely Parker
  109. David Doersch
    Actor Demon Affrit
  110. David Russell Graham
    House of Representatives – Rebel Shouter
  111. Elijah Chester
    Union Army Officer
  112. Jean Kennedy Smith
    House of Representatives – Woman Shouter
  113. John Bellemer
    Faust
  114. Margaret Ann McGowan
    House of Representatives – Woman Shouter
  115. Ralph D. Edlow
    Leo – Blair's Servant
  116. Richard Warner
    Homer Benson
  117. Robert Wray
    House of Representatives
  118. Sean Haggerty
    Officer in Peace Commissioners Exchange
  119. Sidney Blackmer Jr.
    House of Representatives
  120. Stephen Bozzo
    House of Representatives – Soldier Two
  121. John Lescault
    Gustavus Fox
  122. Barry Privett
    House of Representatives
  123. C. Brandon Marshall
    Rufus Warren
  124. Chase Edmunds
    Willie Lincoln
  125. Drew Sease
    David Homer Bates
  126. Edward McDonald
    Daniel G. Stuart
  127. Gregory Hosaflook
    John F. McKenzie
  128. Joe Kerkes
    Andrew E. Finck
  129. Joseph Carlson
    Joseph Marstern
  130. Keith Tyree
    House of Representatives
  131. Larry Van Hoose
    Avon Hanready
  132. Leslie Rogers
    House of Representatives
  133. Mary Dunleavy
    Marguerite
  134. Michael Ruff
    Harold Hollister
  135. Scott Wichmann
    Charles Benjamin
  136. Thomas Aldridge
    House of Representatives
  137. William Kaffenberger
    John A. Casson

Composer


  1. John Williams

Producer


  1. Steven Spielberg
  2. Kathleen Kennedy
  3. Jeff Skoll
  4. Daniel Lupi
  5. Jonathan King
  6. Adam Somner
  7. Kristie Macosko

Director of Photography


  1. Janusz Kamiński

Editor


  1. Michael Kahn