The Current War

Feb 1, 2018

1h 48m

★ 6.7

Power changes everything

Overview

Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Bazelevs Production

Film Rites

Fourth Floor Productions

13 Films

Thunder Road

The Current War Trailers

Cast

Thomas Edison

Benedict Cumberbatch

George Westinghouse

Michael Shannon

Nikola Tesla

Nicholas Hoult

Marguerite Westinghouse

Katherine Waterston

Samuel Insull

Tom Holland

J.P. Morgan

Matthew Macfadyen

Mary Edison

Tuppence Middleton

Franklin Pope

Stanley Townsend

Bourke Cockran

Damien Molony

William Kemmler

Conor MacNeill

Sherman Quincy

Celyn Jones

Robert Lane

Craig Roberts

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