1979: Big Bang of the Present
1979: Urknall der Gegenwart
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.
Directors
Dirk van den Berg, Pascal Verroust
Cast
Haideh Daragahi
Self - Literature Professor (1979)
Shahin Nawai
Self - Biologist (1979)
Chahla Chafiq
Self - Student (1979)
Chris Niedenthal
Self - Photojournalist (1979)
Leszek Balcerowicz
Self - Economist (1979)
Stanisław Ciosek
Self - Politician (1979)
Alfred Wierzbicki
Self - Student (1979)
Hanna Suchocka
Self - Jurist (1979)
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