Tesla (2020)
Biography Drama
August 21, 2020 – VOD & theaters
Tesla is a captivating biographical drama, helmed by the talented Michael Almereyda, who serves as both the writer and director. The film showcases the remarkable portrayal of Nikola Tesla by the brilliant Ethan Hawke. Joining him are the talented Eve Hewson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jim Gaffigan, and Kyle MacLachlan, who deliver outstanding performances. Having made its debut at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2020, this highly anticipated movie is set to enchant audiences when it hits theaters on August 21, 2020, courtesy of IFC Films.
Brilliant, visionary Nikola Tesla fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy. The film tracks Tesla’s uneasy interactions with his fellow inventor Thomas Edison and his patron George Westinghouse.
Another thread traces Tesla’s sidewinding courtship of financial titan J.P. Morgan, whose daughter Anne takes a more than casual interest in the inventor. Anne analyzes and presents the story as it unfolds, offering a distinctly modern voice to this scientific period drama which, like its subject, defies convention.
Director: Michael Almereyda
Writer: Michael Almereyda
Stars: Eve Hewson, Ethan Hawke, Hannah Gross, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jim Gaffigan, Kyle MacLachlan
►Cast
| Eve Hewson | … | Anne Morgan |
| Ethan Hawke | … | Nikola Tesla |
| Hannah Gross | … | Mina Edison |
| Kyle MacLachlan | … | Thomas Edison |
| Josh Hamilton | … | Robert Underwood Johnson |
| Lois Smith | ||
| Ebon Moss-Bachrach | … | Szigeti |
| Jim Gaffigan | … | George Westinghouse |
| Lucy Walters | … | Katherine Johnson |
| James Urbaniak | … | Professor Anthony |
| Ian Lithgow | ||
| Donnie Keshawarz | … | JP Morgan |
| Janelle Feigley | … | Socialite |
| Rebecca Dayan | … | Sarah Bernhardt |
| John Palladino | … | Bourke Cochran |
| David Kallaway | … | John Kruesi |
| Dan Bittner | … | Ott |
| Vincent De Paul | … | Westinghouse’s protege |
| Blake DeLong | … | William Kemmler |
| Tom Farrell | … | Warden Dursten |
| Michael Mastro | … | Charles Peck |
| Rick Zahn | … | AG Tracy Becker |
| Christian Hicks | … | Waiter James |
| Gary Ayash | … | Science Society Dignitary |
| Ava Loren Tropeano | … | Girl Making Jewelry |
| Emma O’Connor | … | Evelyn |
| Megan Gaber | … | Showgirl |
| George Aloi | … | Science Society President |
| Robert John Gallagher | … | Science Society Dignitary |
| Jameal Ali | … | Vivekananda |
| Joshuah Melnick | … | Richard Gregg |