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1979: Big Bang of the Present
6.0 / 10• 2019• 1h 29m•NR• German
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
Storyline
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 & Crew
HD
Haideh Daragahi
Self - Literature Professor (1979)
LeadSN
Shahin Nawai
Self - Biologist (1979)
CC
Chahla Chafiq
Self - Student (1979)
CN
Chris Niedenthal
Self - Photojournalist (1979)
Leszek Balcerowicz
Self - Economist (1979)
SC
Stanisław Ciosek
Self - Politician (1979)
AW
Alfred Wierzbicki
Self - Student (1979)
HS
Hanna Suchocka
Self - Jurist (1979)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Dirk van den Berg's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. 1979: Big Bang of the Present is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
