Movie
The Current War
2017 · Released · 107 min · United States · English
The Current War is a 2017 historical drama film inspired by the 19th-century competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over which electric power delivery system would be used in the United States (often referred to as the "war of the currents"). Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, written by Michael Mitnick, and executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Zaillian, the film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Edison, Michael Shannon as Westinghouse, Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla, and Tom Holland as Samuel Insull, alongside Katherine Waterston, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfadyen and Damien Molony.
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Also known as
- Deutsch
- Edison – Ein Leben voller Licht
- Italiano
- Edison - L'uomo che illuminò il mondo
- 日本語
- ザ・カーレント・ウォー
- 한국어
- 커런트 워
- Polski
- Wojna o prąd
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