About the film
1970s cold war feminism street riots iran poland united kingdom economic crisis communist china ecologism islamic revolution
1979 : Big Bang of the Present
Release Date: December 10, 2019
| Year | : | 2019 |
| Slogan | : | «» |
| Genres | : | Documentary, History, TV Movie |
| Production Companies | : | K2 Productions, OutreMer Film, RBB, TVP, ORF, Ina |
| Director | : | Pascal Verroust, Dirk K. van den Berg |
| Producers | : | Pascal Verroust, Dirk K. van den Berg, Nico Di Biase, Olivia Furtwängler, Valérie Canton-Pont |
| Writers | : | Pascal Verroust, Dirk K. van den Berg |
| RunTime | : | 89 mins. |
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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Main Actors
Haideh Daragahi
Character : Self - Literature Professor (1979)
Shahin Nawai
Character : Self - Biologist (1979)
Chahla Chafiq
Character : Self - Student (1979)
Chris Niedenthal
Character : Self - Photojournalist (1979)
Leszek Balcerowicz
Character : Self - Economist (1979)
Stanisław Ciosek
Character : Self - Politician (1979)
Alfred Wierzbicki
Character : Self - Student (1979)
Hanna Suchocka
Character : Self - Jurist (1979)
Roger Garside
Character : Self - Diplomat (1979)
Wei Jingsheng
Character : Self - Political Dissident (1979)
Chas Freeman
Character : Self - US DoS Official (1979)
Charles Moore
Character : Self - Political Journalist (1979)
Michael Heseltine
Character : Self - Politician (1979)
Roy Hattersley
Character : Self - Politician (1979)
David Owen
Character : Self - Politician (1979)
Lech Wałęsa
Character : Self - Shipyard Worker (1979)
Jan Berris
Character : Self - Press Liaison (1979)
Eva Quistorp
Character : Self - Activist (1979)
Helmut Schmidt
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
James Callaghan
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
Character : Self (archive footage)
Pope John Paul II
Character : Self (archive footage)
Deng Xiaoping
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Margaret Thatcher
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Leonid Brezhnev
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Saddam Hussein
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
Leopoldo Galtieri
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
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