1979: Big Bang of the Present
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2019-12-10
Runtime: 89 mins
Director: Dirk van den Berg, Pascal Verroust
Writer: Dirk van den Berg, Pascal Verroust
Spoken language: 普通话, English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, فارسی, Polski
Genres: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Original title: 1979: Big Bang of the Present
Production Companies: K2 Productions, OutreMer Film, RBB, Telewizja Polska, ORF, INA
Production Countries: Austria, France, Germany, Poland
Cast
Haideh Daragahi
Shahin Nawai
Chahla Chafiq
Chris Niedenthal
Leszek Balcerowicz
Stanisław Ciosek
Alfred Wierzbicki
Hanna Suchocka
Roger Garside
Wei Jingsheng
Chas Freeman
Charles Moore
Michael Heseltine
Roy Hattersley
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