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The Unknown Known

6.820131h 42mPG-13MovieDocumentaryHistory

Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

DirectorErrol Morris
WriterErrol Morris
ProducersAmanda Branson Gill·Josh Braun

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Availability shown for United Kingdom · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Errol Morris

DRDonald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
Self
KM
Kenn Medeiros
Younger Donald Rumsfeld / Secret Service
EMErrol Morris
Errol Morris
Self - Interviewer (voice)

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