Name: Kissinger
Released: 2025-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Scott Brick

TV Show · Documentary

Kissinger is the story of the brilliant powerbroker who rose to the topmost echelons of U.S. diplomacy. Revered or reviled, Kissinger’s contradictions reflect those at the heart of U.S. foreign policy in the second half of the 20th century.

2025 · 1h 22m

Starring Scott Brick

EPISODE 1

The Necessity of Power

The life of Henry Kissinger, from his childhood in Germany to his early life in America, from his stint in the army to his rise to the top echelons of American foreign policy during Vietnam, through the voices of historians and colleagues.
EPISODE 2

The Opportunist

Discover how Henry Kissinger's anti-Communist zeal would shape U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam, China, Chile and the Soviet Union in the second half of the 20th century, through the voices of historians and colleagues.

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The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power
Theodore Roosevelt
FDR
America and the Taliban
Kissinger
American Presidency With Bill Clinton
The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
The American Revolution

Scott Brick

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Barak Goodman

Producer
Barak Goodman

Writer

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Studio: PBS
Released: 2025

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Original Audio: English (United States)
Audio: English (United States) (AD, AAC)
Subtitles: English (United States) (CC)

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: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
: Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.

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