The Current War

The Current War

Power changes everything

Sinopse

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

  • 6.7
  • 2018
  • Released
  • 1h 48m

Benedict Cumberbatch

Thomas Edison

Michael Shannon

George Westinghouse

Nicholas Hoult

Nikola Tesla

Katherine Waterston

Marguerite Westinghouse

Tom Holland

Samuel Insull

Matthew Macfadyen

J.P. Morgan

Tuppence Middleton

Mary Edison

Stanley Townsend

Franklin Pope

Damien Molony

Bourke Cockran

Conor MacNeill

William Kemmler

Celyn Jones

Sherman Quincy

Craig Roberts

Robert Lane

Harry Melling

Benjamin Vale

Colin Stinton

Daniel Burnham

Oliver Powell

Leo

John Schwab

Rudolph Young

Abigail Johns

Emily Faulk

Tom Bell

Reverend Vincent

Tom Sweet

Boy

Iain McKee

Reporter

Jason Matthewson

Stock Broker

Woody Norman

Dash Edison

Louis Ashbourne Serkis

Older Dash

Faye Ormston

Party Guest

Phil Hodges

City Gent

Ekow Quartey

Journalist 1

Adam Lazarus

Wabco Worker

Simon Connolly

Sioux City

Joseph Balderrama

Horace Kaden

Steven I. Dillard

NYSE member

Martyn Mayger

Lawyer

Toby Williams

Fort Worth Investment Banker

Tim Steed

Maurice Manesburg

Christopher McMullen

New York Stockbroker

Jeremy Oliver

Mr. Westinghouse's Secretary

Liza Ross

Beti

Steve Carroll

Cinema Goer

James Chalmers

South Dakota Delegate

Nancy Crane

Gladys

Will Irvine

Reporter 1

Adam Pearce

New Orleans Investment Banker

Sophia Ally

Dotty Edison

Kevin Millington

Henry Walsh

Ben Mars

Francis Upton

Greg Haiste

South Dakota Delegate

Katy Poulter

Hannah

Jed Aukin

Westinghouse Secretary

John Kinory

Scientist

Michael Yates

Stock Enchange Gent

Andy Cockell

City Gent

Giacomo Joshua Brunelli

WABCO Worker

Nigel Wilcock

J.P. Morgan Lawyer

Jay William Whittington Barrette

Wabco Worker

Thor Janke

Policeman

Andrew Okello

Footman

David Morley Hale

Frederick Worthington

Pamela Betsy Cooper

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Simon Manyonda

Lewis Latimer

John Pierce Jones

President Glover Cleveland

Nigel Whitmey

Doctor Grandoff

Benjamin Schnau

George Westinghouse's Secretary (uncredited)
Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$30,000,000.00

Revenue

$12,217,160.00

Keywords
  • #biography
  • #19th century

Reviews

Geronimo1967
@Geronimo1967over 1 year ago

This is a decent, if ponderous, piece of cinema entertainment featuring some A-list talent depicting an almost entirely fictional account of the battle to establish the standard of electrical current we all use today. Tesla is largely ignored (maybe Nicholas Hoult didn't have too many spare filming days in his schedule) and as such the credibility of the whole storyline is undermined. Tom Holland

maketheSWITCH
@maketheSWITCHover 5 years ago

In another case of “when bad movies happen to great actors“, 'The Current War' has all the elements for a great picture including its exceptional cast, but lacks the base appeal for the people who have to buy a ticket. Sadly, this is a rare and unfortunate case of the sum of the film's parts being greater than the whole. - Jess Fenton Read Jess' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.a

Bertaut
@Bertautabout 6 years ago

_**Well acted and reasonably engaging, although there's a significant disconnect between form and content**_ >_The electric-lighting company with which I am connected purchased some time ago the patents for a complete alternating system, and my protest against this action can be found upon its minute-book. Up to the present time I have succeeded in inducing them not to offer this system to the

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