The Secret of Nikola Tesla (1980)
- Original title
- Tajna Nikole Tesle
- Directed by
- Krsto Papić
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 32 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film dramatizes Nikola Tesla's life as he tries to develop alternating current and free wireless power. He faces opposition from Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan.
biographicaldramatichistoricalinventivetenseintellectualconfrontationalmelancholic
What happens
The Secret of Nikola Tesla (Serbo-Croatian: Tajna Nikole Tesle), is a 1980 Yugoslav biographical film which dramatizes events in the life of the Serbian-American engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla. This somewhat fictionalized portrayal of Tesla's life has him contending with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan in his attempts to develop alternating current and then "free" wireless power. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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