1979: Big Bang of the Present
Documentary | History
Release Date
December 10, 2019
Duration
89 min
Status
Released
Language
de
Overview
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.
Casts
Self - Literature Professor (1979)
Haideh Daragahi
Self - Biologist (1979)
Shahin Nawai
Self - Student (1979)
Chahla Chafiq
Self - Photojournalist (1979)
Chris Niedenthal
Self - Economist (1979)
Leszek Balcerowicz
Self - Politician (1979)
Stanisław Ciosek
Self - Student (1979)
Alfred Wierzbicki
Self - Jurist (1979)
Hanna Suchocka
Self - Diplomat (1979)
Roger Garside
Self - Political Dissident (1979)
Wei Jingsheng
Self - US DoS Official (1979)
Chas Freeman
Self - Political Journalist (1979)
Charles Moore
Self - Politician (1979)
Michael Heseltine
Self - Politician (1979)
Roy Hattersley
Self - Politician (1979)
David Owen
Self - Shipyard Worker (1979)
Lech Wałęsa
Self - Press Liaison (1979)
Jan Berris
Self - Activist (1979)
Eva Quistorp
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Helmut Schmidt
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
Self - Politician (archive footage)
James Callaghan
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self (archive footage)
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
Self (archive footage)
John Paul II
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Deng Xiaoping
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Margaret Thatcher
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Леонид Брежнев
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Saddam Hussein
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Leopoldo Galtieri
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