This is a rare biographical movie Secret of Nikola Tesla - The Movie (original title: Tajna Nikole Tesle) (1980) which shows the life of this great inventor in the time of his greatest discoveries in America. When a young and gifted inventor by the name of Nikola Tesla (Petar Božović) arrives in America, he first works for the famous Thomas Edison (Dennis Patrick) but later strikes a fruitful cooperation with George Westinghouse (Strother Martin). Together they battle against Edison in order for Teslas superior system of alternative current to be accepted by the world community who currently uses only Edisons system of direct current. Later on the mighty financier J.P. Morgan (Orson Welles) joins the game as he provides Tesla with financial support to build his Colorado Springs laboratory only to completely dump him later on after he realizes Teslas inventions could provide the world with unlimited free energy for everybody. See one of the most important periods of modern history and the tragedy of this great inventor who aspired to change the world towards a better place only to find out it was not ready for it yet. A rare attempt of biographical movie production by the former yugoslav (croatian) cinema, the movie being completely in english. 100 min. long. A must see for everyone.
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079985
Video specs:
Video Codec: XVID
Video: 512x384, 25 fps
Runtime: 1h 37 Min
Audio Format: MP3 22khz Stereo
Language: English
