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The Current War: Director's Cut

Rival inventors Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse champion differing electrical currents.

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The Current War: Director's Cut

Description

Historical drama, Biography101 Mins2019PG-13
Starts11/21/2020Expires03/25/2022

Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse -- the greatest inventors of the industrial age -- engage in a battle of technology and ideas that will determine whose electrical system will power the new century. Backed by J.P. Morgan, Edison dazzles the world by lighting Manhattan. But Westinghouse, aided by Nikola Tesla, sees fatal flaws in Edison's direct current design. Westinghouse and Tesla bet everything on risky and dangerous alternating current.

Moods

  • Tense
  • Gripping
  • Creative
  • Passionate

Cast

  • Benedict Cumberbatchas Thomas Edison

    Benedict Cumberbatchas Thomas Edison

  • Michael Shannonas George Westinghouse

    Michael Shannonas George Westinghouse

  • Nicholas Houltas Nikola Tesla

    Nicholas Houltas Nikola Tesla

  • Katherine Waterstonas Marguerite Erskine

    Katherine Waterstonas Marguerite Erskine

  • Tuppence Middletonas Mary Edison

    Tuppence Middletonas Mary Edison