The Current War: Director's Cut

The Current War: Director's Cut (2017)

1h 42m | Biography, History | USA
6.3IMDb
6.4DouBan

In 1880, Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch), the father of lights, and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon Michael Shannon), a railroad tycoon, fought a series of battles over the power supply system across the United States and around the world. Edison invented the DC generator and Westinghouse developed the alternating current generator. When the two inventors fought each other, the mysterious rising star Nicola Tesla (Nicholas Holt Nicholas Hoult) suddenly appeared. How will the three power giants change the world?

In 1880, Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch), the father of lights, and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon Michael Shannon), a railroad tycoon, fought a series of battles over the power supply system across the United States and around the world. Edison invented the DC generator and Westinghouse developed the alternating current generator. When the two inventors fought each other, the mysterious rising star Nicola Tesla (Nicholas Holt Nicholas Hoult) suddenly appeared. How will the three power giants change the world?