"Power changes everything"

2018

1h 48m

6.7(1098 votes)

Drama

History

Overview

Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

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61 members

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Benedict Cumberbatch

Thomas Edison

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Michael Shannon

George Westinghouse

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Nicholas Hoult

Nikola Tesla

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Katherine Waterston

Marguerite Westinghouse

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Tom Holland

Samuel Insull

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Matthew Macfadyen

J.P. Morgan

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Tuppence Middleton

Mary Edison

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Stanley Townsend

Franklin Pope

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Damien Molony

Bourke Cockran

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Conor MacNeill

William Kemmler

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Celyn Jones

Sherman Quincy

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Craig Roberts

Robert Lane

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Harry Melling

Benjamin Vale

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Colin Stinton

Daniel Burnham

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Oliver Powell

Leo

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John Schwab

Rudolph Young

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Abigail Johns

Emily Faulk

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Tom Bell

Reverend Vincent

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Tom Sweet

Boy

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Iain McKee

Reporter

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Jason Matthewson

Stock Broker

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Woody Norman

Dash Edison

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Louis Ashbourne Serkis

Older Dash

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Faye Ormston

Party Guest

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Phil Hodges

City Gent

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Ekow Quartey

Journalist 1

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Adam Lazarus

Wabco Worker

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Simon Connolly

Sioux City

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Joseph Balderrama

Horace Kaden

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Steven I. Dillard

NYSE member

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Martyn Mayger

Lawyer

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Toby Williams

Fort Worth Investment Banker

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Tim Steed

Maurice Manesburg

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Christopher McMullen

New York Stockbroker

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Jeremy Oliver

Mr. Westinghouse's Secretary

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Liza Ross

Beti

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Steve Carroll

Cinema Goer

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James Chalmers

South Dakota Delegate

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Nancy Crane

Gladys

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Will Irvine

Reporter 1

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Adam Pearce

New Orleans Investment Banker

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Sophia Ally

Dotty Edison

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Kevin Millington

Henry Walsh

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Ben Mars

Francis Upton

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Greg Haiste

South Dakota Delegate

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Katy Poulter

Hannah

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Jed Aukin

Westinghouse Secretary

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John Kinory

Scientist

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Michael Yates

Stock Enchange Gent

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Andy Cockell

City Gent

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Giacomo Joshua Brunelli

WABCO Worker

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Nigel Wilcock

J.P. Morgan Lawyer

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Jay William Whittington Barrette

Wabco Worker

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Thor Janke

Policeman

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Andrew Okello

Footman

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David Morley Hale

Frederick Worthington

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Pamela Betsy Cooper

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

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Simon Manyonda

Lewis Latimer

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John Pierce Jones

President Glover Cleveland

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Nigel Whitmey

Doctor Grandoff

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Benjamin Schnau

George Westinghouse's Secretary (uncredited)

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