1979: Big Bang of the Present

1979: Big Bang of the Present

89 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Dec. 10, 2019

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.

1979: Big Bang of the Present

89 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Dec. 10, 2019

1979: Big Bang of the Present
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.
Producers RBB, ORF, TVP, Ina, OutreMer Film, K2 Productions
Original title 1979: Urknall der Gegenwart
Directors Dirk K. van den Berg, Pascal Verroust
Writers Dirk K. van den Berg, Pascal Verroust

Cast

Haideh Daragahi

as Self - Literature Professor (1979)

Shahin Nawai

as Self - Biologist (1979)

Chahla Chafiq

as Self - Student (1979)

Chris Niedenthal

as Self - Photojournalist (1979)

Leszek Balcerowicz

as Self - Economist (1979)

Stanisław Ciosek

as Self - Politician (1979)

Alfred Wierzbicki

as Self - Student (1979)

Hanna Suchocka

as Self - Jurist (1979)

Roger Garside

as Self - Diplomat (1979)

Wei Jingsheng

as Self - Political Dissident (1979)

Chas Freeman

as Self - US DoS Official (1979)

Charles Moore

as Self - Political Journalist (1979)

Michael Heseltine

as Self - Politician (1979)

Roy Hattersley

as Self - Politician (1979)

David Owen

as Self - Politician (1979)

Lech Wałęsa

as Self - Shipyard Worker (1979)

Jan Berris

as Self - Press Liaison (1979)

Eva Quistorp

as Self - Activist (1979)

Helmut Schmidt

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

James Callaghan

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

as Self (archive footage)

Pope John Paul II

as Self (archive footage)

Deng Xiaoping

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Saddam Hussein

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Leopoldo Galtieri

as Self - Politician (archive footage)