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1979: Big Bang of the Present (2019)
Directed by Dirk van den Berg, Pascal Verroust
Documentary, History, TV Movie · 1h 29m
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.
Cast
H
Haideh Daragahi
Self - Literature Professor (1979)
S
Shahin Nawai
Self - Biologist (1979)
C
Chahla Chafiq
Self - Student (1979)
C
Chris Niedenthal
Self - Photojournalist (1979)
Leszek Balcerowicz
Self - Economist (1979)
S
Stanisław Ciosek
Self - Politician (1979)
A
Alfred Wierzbicki
Self - Student (1979)
H
Hanna Suchocka
Self - Jurist (1979)
R
Roger Garside
Self - Diplomat (1979)
W
Wei Jingsheng
Self - Political Dissident (1979)
C
Chas Freeman
Self - US DoS Official (1979)
Charles Moore
Self - Political Journalist (1979)
Crew
- Director
- Dirk van den Berg, Pascal Verroust
- Writer
- Dirk van den Berg, Pascal Verroust
- Editor
- Frédéric Vidal
- Producer
- Dirk van den Berg, Pascal Verroust
Details
- Original title
- 1979: Urknall der Gegenwart
- Release date
- 2019-12-10
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Documentary, History, TV Movie
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin, English, French, German, Italian, Persian, Polish
- Countries
- Austria, France, Germany, Poland
- Production
- K2 Productions, OutreMer Film, RBB, Telewizja Polska, ORF, INA