CinemaOSMovie · 2019 · 1h 29m

1979: Big Bang of the Present

60%(5)IMDbDocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measures in the United Kingdom. Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland. Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The nuclear accident at the Harrisburg power plant and the birth of ecological activism. The year 1979, the beginning of the future.

Directed byDirk van den Berg, Pascal Verroust

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 29m
Language
DE
Released
December 10, 2019
Studios
RBBTelewizja PolskaORF

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Haideh Daragahi

Self - Literature Professor (1979)

Shahin Nawai

Self - Biologist (1979)

Chahla Chafiq

Self - Student (1979)

Chris Niedenthal

Self - Photojournalist (1979)

Leszek Balcerowicz

Leszek Balcerowicz

Self - Economist (1979)

Stanisław Ciosek

Self - Politician (1979)

Alfred Wierzbicki

Self - Student (1979)

Hanna Suchocka

Self - Jurist (1979)

Roger Garside

Self - Diplomat (1979)

Wei Jingsheng

Self - Political Dissident (1979)

Creative team
Directed by
Dirk van den Berg
Pascal Verroust
Written by
Pascal Verroust
Dirk van den Berg
Produced by
Pascal Verroust
Dirk van den Berg

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