Small scale electricity production already existed but the War of the Currents in the 1880s was about which current, DC (Edison ... of Serbian-American Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult), who obtained ...

Featuring a star-studded cast, acclaimed drama The Current War takes a look at the ... the film celebrates the achievements of Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla, its core message is the importance ...

Nikola Tesla and his rivalry with Edison The rivalry between Tesla and Thomas Edison is an extremely significant topic. In the dispute regarding alternating current ... could end wars—a machine ...

In the late 1800s, Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) compete to power the United States with a new, seemingly miraculous form of energy: electricity.

the upstart genius Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult), have a superior idea for how to rapidly electrify America: with AC current. As Edison and Westinghouse grapple for who will power the nation ...