''Tesla Nation'' () is a 2018

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directed by

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starring Jack Dimich. It was shortlisted as a candidate for the

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Synopsis

The film follows the history of

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and notable people from the group, their contributions to

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and personal stories.

Cast

* Jack Dimich -

Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla (;"Tesla"
. ''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. ; 10 July 1856 – 7 ...

Helen Delich Bentley Helen Bentley (née Delich; November 28, 1923 – August 6, 2016) was an American politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland from 1985 to 1995. Before entering politics, she had been a ...

- Herself *

Walt Bogdanich Walt Bogdanich (born October 10, 1950) is an American investigative journalist and three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. Biography Bogdanich graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1975 with a degree in political science. H ...

- Himself * Anna Thea Bogdanovich - Herself *

Peter Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian. He started out his career as a young actor studying under Stella Adler before working as a film critic for ''Fi ...

- Himself *

Vladimir Bulovic Vladimir (, , pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is Vladimir of Bulgaria (). Etymology ...

- Himself *

Karl Malden Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an American stage, movie and television actor who first achieved acclaim in the original Broadway productions of Arthur Miller's '' All My Sons'' and Tennessee Will ...

- Himself *

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic ( sr-cyr, Гордана Вуњак Новаковић) FRSC is a Serbian American biomedical engineer and university professor. She is a University Professor at Columbia University, as well as the Mikati Foundation Prof ...

- Herself *

George Voinovich George Victor Voinovich (July 15, 1936June 12, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Ohio from 1999 to 2011. He previously served as the 65th governor of Ohio from 1991 to 1998 and as the 54th mayor of Clev ...

- Himself

References

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* 2018 films 2010s Serbian-language films 2018 documentary films Serbian documentary films Cultural depictions of Serbian people Cultural depictions of Nikola Tesla Serbian-language documentary films {{Serbia-film-stub