---
title: 'The Current War (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfonso Gomez-Rejon'
released: '2017-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-current-war-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140507/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Current War (2017)

2017 · PG-13 · 107 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Current War is a 2017 historical drama film inspired by the 19th-century competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over which electric power delivery system would be used in the United States. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, written by Michael Mitnick, and executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Zaillian, the film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Edison, Michael Shannon as Westinghouse, Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla, and Tom Holland as Samuel Insull, alongside Katherine Waterston, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfadyen and Damien Molony.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfonso Gomez-Rejon](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfonso-gomez-rejon)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Mitnick](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mitnick)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hauschka](https://cinepixo.com/people/hauschka), [Dustin O'Halloran](https://cinepixo.com/people/dustin-o-halloran)
- **Producer:** [Timur Bekmambetov](https://cinepixo.com/people/timur-bekmambetov), [Basil Iwanyk](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-iwanyk)
- **Director of Photography:** [Chung Chung-Hoon](https://cinepixo.com/people/chung-chung-hoon)
- **Editor:** [David Trachtenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-trachtenberg), [Justin Krohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/justin-krohn)

## Cast

- [Louis Ashbourne Serkis](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-ashbourne-serkis) as Thomas Alva Edison Jr.
- [Simon Manyonda](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-manyonda) as Lewis Howard Latimer
- [Nicholas Hoult](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-hoult) as Nikola Tesla
- [Stanley Townsend](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-townsend) as Franklin Leonard Pope
- [Benedict Cumberbatch](https://cinepixo.com/people/benedict-cumberbatch) as Thomas Edison
- [Katherine Waterston](https://cinepixo.com/people/katherine-waterston) as Marguerite Erskine Walker
- [Celyn Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/celyn-jones)
- [Michael Shannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-shannon) as George Westinghouse
- [Conor MacNeill](https://cinepixo.com/people/conor-macneill) as William Kemmler
- [Tuppence Middleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/tuppence-middleton) as Mary Stilwell Edison
- [Corey Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/corey-johnson) as Chester A. Arthur
- [Damien Molony](https://cinepixo.com/people/damien-molony) as William Bourke Cockran
- [Matthew Macfadyen](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-macfadyen) as J. P. Morgan
- [John Schwab](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-schwab) as Rudolph Young

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