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- BFI identifierN-3645954
- Date2018 (Copyright)
2019 (Release) - Production countryUSA, United Kingdom, Russian Federation
- Production company
- SynopsisThe story of the battle of technology and ideas between the inventors Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine the electrical system. After Edison takes the lead by illuminating Manhattan via direct current, Westinghouse bets everything on promoting alternating current. (Synopsis)
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- CreditsDirector: Alfonso Gómez-Rejón
©: Lantern Entertainment LLC.
a Sunnymarch, Filmrights, Thunder Road Film, Bazelevs production: SunnyMarch
view all - CastBenedict Cumberbatch (Thomas Alva Edison)
Michael Shannon (George Westinghouse)
Nicholas Hoult (Nikola Tesla)
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Title
The Current War (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/B3C9-D9C3-6B5B-54E8-F7A8-KCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- The Current War
Work - N-3645954 - 2018 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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