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    1979: Big Bang of the Present

    89'

    2019-12-10

    6

    Documentary,History,TV Movie

    Overview:

    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.

    DirectingPascal VerroustWritingPascal Verroust

    Cast

    1

    Self - Literature Professor (1979)

    Haideh Daragahi

    1

    Self - Biologist (1979)

    Shahin Nawai

    1

    Self - Student (1979)

    Chahla Chafiq

    1

    Self - Photojournalist (1979)

    Chris Niedenthal

    1

    Self - Economist (1979)

    Leszek Balcerowicz

    1

    Self - Politician (1979)

    Stanisław Ciosek

    1

    Self - Student (1979)

    Alfred Wierzbicki

    1

    Self - Jurist (1979)

    Hanna Suchocka

    1

    Self - Diplomat (1979)

    Roger Garside

    1

    Self - Political Dissident (1979)

    Wei Jingsheng

    1

    Self - US DoS Official (1979)

    Chas Freeman

    1

    Self - Political Journalist (1979)

    Charles Moore

    1

    Self - Politician (1979)

    Michael Heseltine

    1

    Self - Politician (1979)

    Roy Hattersley

    1

    Self - Politician (1979)

    David Owen

    1

    Self - Shipyard Worker (1979)

    Lech Wałęsa

    1

    Self - Press Liaison (1979)

    Jan Berris

    1

    Self - Activist (1979)

    Eva Quistorp

    1

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    Helmut Schmidt

    1

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    Jimmy Carter

    1

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    James Callaghan

    1

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

    1

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    Ruhollah Khomeini

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Mohammad Reza Shah...

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Pope John Paul II

    1

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    Deng Xiaoping

    1

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    Margaret Thatcher

    1

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    Leonid Brezhnev

    1

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    Saddam Hussein

    1

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

    Leopoldo Galtieri

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Austria
      2. France
      3. Germany
      4. Poland
    • List of languages:
      1. Mandarin
      2. English
      3. French
      4. German
      5. Italian
      6. Persian
      7. Polish
    • List of companies:
      1. K2 Productions
      2. OutreMer Film
      3. RBB
      4. Telewizja Polska
      5. ORF
      6. INA
    • Vote Count: 5
    • Popularity: 0.9108
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:1979: Urknall der Gegenwart

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