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Filmography of Robert E. Lee

Military

2 titles in the archive · first depicted 1863

Lived1807 – 1870

Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, who surrendered at Appomattox in 1865.

Shelfmark Vita CXXVIII

2
titles
2 films
3.6/5
average rating
across 2 rated titles
6h 44m
on screen
across 2 titles
100%
set in American Civil War
2 of 2 appearances
2
appearances, all on film
never on television

Compare both titles in the Canons

2 years of a 63 year life depicted onscreen

Distinct years the archive depicts, against Robert E. Lee’s lifetime (1807 – 1870) — 3.2% of it.

Depicted in

18631865

First and Last on Screen

Earliest portrayalGettysburg1993
Most recentLincoln2012

19 years of cinema separate them. A series is sorted here by the first year of its release.

A series counts once, regardless of how many of its episodes feature them.

Historical Threads

A thread follows one event or historical theme across the archive, wherever and whenever it appears. Pick a tab to read one; they are in the order they are filed on the timeline. Pulling a thread opens up a narrowed timeline view filtered to every year that thread touches.

Battle of Gettysburgpull it on the timeline

Event

The bloodiest battle of the American Civil War and a decisive turning point toward an ultimate Union victory over the Confederacy. Gettysburg marked the end of Robert E. Lee's advanced northward, and in its aftermath, President Abraham Lincoln would preside over the battlefield to give the Gettysburg Address, one of the most enduring speeches in American history.

filed under 1863

Runs throughAmerican Civil War

Abolition of Slavery in the United Statespull it on the timeline

Process

The abolition movement in the United States was a long-running one that steadily gained greater amounts of political sway, especially over the course of the 19th century. Following the groundwork laid by the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 which legally freed all slaves held in Confederate states, slavery in the United States was formally abolished at the end of 1865 with the passing of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

filed under 1865

Runs throughAmerican Civil WarAntebellum South

The Box Office Ledger

What the films portraying Robert E. Lee cost to make and took at the worldwide box office, as TMDB records them.

$85 million
in budgets
over 2 films with both sums
$286.1 million
at the box office
over 2 films with both sums
3.4×
return on budget
box office ÷ budget

US dollars as TMDB records them, not adjusted for inflation. 2 films of the 2 portraying them carry either sum.