American Experience: Tesla

American Experience: Tesla

54 mins | Documentary, History | Oct. 18, 2016

Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was Tesla's vision that paved the way for today's wireless world. His fertile but undisciplined imagination was the source of his genius but also his downfall, as the image of Tesla as a mad scientist came to overshadow his reputation as a brilliant innovator.

American Experience: Tesla

54 mins | Documentary, History | Oct. 18, 2016

American Experience: Tesla
Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was Tesla's vision that paved the way for today's wireless world. His fertile but undisciplined imagination was the source of his genius but also his downfall, as the image of Tesla as a mad scientist came to overshadow his reputation as a brilliant innovator.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Public Broadcasting Service
Original title American Experience: Tesla
Directors David Grubin
Writers David Grubin

Cast

Michael Murphy

as Narrator

Nikola Tesla

as Himself