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1979: Big Bang of the Present

1979: Big Bang of the Present

2019•1h 29m•5.7/10
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

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5.7/10(3)

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.

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Production

K2 Productions, OutreMer Film, RBB, Telewizja Polska, ORF, INA

Language

DE

Status

Released

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Cast

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)

Chas Freeman

Self - US DoS Official (1979)

Charles Moore

Charles Moore

Self - Political Journalist (1979)

Michael Heseltine

Michael Heseltine

Self - Politician (1979)

Roy Hattersley

Roy Hattersley

Self - Politician (1979)

David Owen

David Owen

Self - Politician (1979)

Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa

Self - Shipyard Worker (1979)

Jan Berris

Self - Press Liaison (1979)

Eva Quistorp

Self - Activist (1979)

Helmut Schmidt

Helmut Schmidt

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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