The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that would change the world.
Direction
Almereyda's lo-fi anachronisms—Google searches, rollerblades, karaoke.
Acting
Hawke's haunted, awkward Tesla—part prophet, part ghost.
Writing
Anne Morgan narrates from the future, correcting her own story.
Director
Michael Almereyda
Ethan Hawke
Nikola Tesla
Eve Hewson
Anne Morgan
Jim Gaffigan
George Westinghouse
Kyle MacLachlan
Thomas Edison
Donnie Keshawarz
J.P. Morgan
Josh Hamilton
Robert Underwood Johnson
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Anital Szigeti
Lucy Walters
Katherine Johnson
John Palladino
Bourke Cochran
Michael Mastro
Charles Peck
Hannah Gross
Mina Edison
Peter Greene
Nichols
Blake DeLong
William Kemmler
Karl Geary
Francis Upton
James Urbaniak
Professor Anthony
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Almereyda shot much of it on location at the actual Wardenclyffe Tower site, now a Tesla museum in progress.
The film's deliberate cheapness—visible green screens, obvious sets—mirrors how Tesla's grand visions were underfunded and dismissed in his lifetime.
US
