1979: Big Bang of the Present
2019•1h 29m•5.7•Released
DocumentaryHistoryTV 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.
Director
Dirk van den Berg
Writer
Pascal Verroust, Dirk van den Berg
Languages
Mandarin, English, French
Studio
K2 Productions
Cast
Haideh Daragahi
Self - Literature Professor (1979)
Shahin Nawai
Self - Biologist (1979)
Chahla Chafiq
Self - Student (1979)
Chris Niedenthal
Self - Photojournalist (1979)
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
Self - Political Journalist (1979)
Michael Heseltine
Self - Politician (1979)
Roy Hattersley
Self - Politician (1979)
David Owen
Self - Politician (1979)
Production
Company
K2 Productions
Company
OutreMer Film
Company
RBB
Company
Telewizja Polska
Company
ORF
Company
INA
Producer
Pascal Verroust
Producer
Dirk van den Berg
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