Movie
The Current War
Overview
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
Details
- Release date
- 2018-02-01
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bazelevs, Film Rites, Fourth Floor Productions, 13 Films, Thunder Road
- Country
- Russia, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison
- Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse
- Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla
- Katherine Waterston as Marguerite Westinghouse
- Tom Holland as Samuel Insull
- Matthew Macfadyen as J.P. Morgan
- Tuppence Middleton as Mary Edison
- Stanley Townsend as Franklin Pope
- Damien Molony as Bourke Cockran
- Conor MacNeill as William Kemmler
- Celyn Jones as Sherman Quincy
- Craig Roberts as Robert Lane
Crew
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon - Director
- Michael Mitnick - Screenplay
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