The Unknown Known
“Why is this man smiling?”
2013•PG-13•1h 42m•6.8•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Director
Errol Morris
Writer
Errol Morris
Languages
English
Cast
Donald Rumsfeld
Self
Kenn Medeiros
Younger Donald Rumsfeld / Secret Service
Errol Morris
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Production
Producer
Amanda Branson Gill
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