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Ethan Hawke stars as iconic inventor Nikola Tesla, fighting an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition. Increasingly displeased by the greed of fellow inventor Thomas Edison (Kyle MacLachlan), Tesla forges his own path toward creating the innovative alternate-current motor. In this playful and unconventional biopic director Michael Almereyda (The Experimenter, Marjorie Prime) weaves together a portrait of a rebel ahead of his time through all his controversies, legal battles, entrepreneurial clashes, and romantic interests. The profundity of his electrical mind is unearthed through this rediscovery of the development of electricity in the United States, ultimately posing existential questions about invention, industry, greed, love, and lightning.
Original Release
08/14/2020
US Release
08/21/2020
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ethan Hawke | Nikola Tesla |
Eve Hewson | Anne Morgan |
Eli A. Smith | Roller Skating Fiddler |
Josh Hamilton | Robert Underwood Johnson |
Lucy Walters | Katherine Johnson |
Luna Jokic | Macak |
Kyle MacLachlan | Thomas Edison |
Dan Bittner | Fred Ott |
David Kallaway | John Kruesi |
Karl Geary | Francis Upton |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ethan Hawke | Nikola Tesla |
Eve Hewson | Anne Morgan |
Eli A. Smith | Roller Skating Fiddler |
Josh Hamilton | Robert Underwood Johnson |
Lucy Walters | Katherine Johnson |
Luna Jokic | Macak |
Kyle MacLachlan | Thomas Edison |
Dan Bittner | Fred Ott |
David Kallaway | John Kruesi |
Karl Geary | Francis Upton |
Ebon Moss-Bachrach | Anital Szigeti |
Nicholas Wuehrmann | Ed the Organist |
Haley Elise Pehrson | Tesla's Mother |
Tony Hutaj | Bill Edison |
Corban Elwick-Schermitz | Tom Edison Jr. |
Emory Gleeson | Dot Edison |
Hannah Gross | Mina Edison |
Michael Mastro | Charles Peck |
Ian Lithgow | Alfred Brown |
James Urbaniak | Professor Anthony |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mayra Faour Auad | Executive Producer |
Lee Broda | Executive Producer |
Jeffrey Greenstein | Executive Producer |
Jeff Gum | Executive Producer |
Avi Lerner | Executive Producer |
Elijah Long | Executive Producer |
Mario Peixoto | Executive Producer |
Lonnie Ramati | Executive Producer |
Jeff Rice | Executive Producer |
Trevor Short | Executive Producer |
Robert Van Norden | Executive Producer |
Doron Weber | Executive Producer |
Jonathan Yunger | Executive Producer |
Michael Almereyda | Producer |
Christa Campbell | Producer |
Renee Frigo | Producer |
Margie Geddes | Producer |
Javier Gonzalez | Producer |
Lati Grobman | Producer |
Per Melita | Producer |
Isen Robbins | Producer |
Uri Singer | Producer |