1979: Big Bang of the Present

IMDb 5.7 2019 • 89 min • DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

Director

Dirk van den Berg

Country

AT

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Haideh Daragahi
Haideh Daragahi Self - Literature Professor (1979)
Shahin Nawai
Shahin Nawai Self - Biologist (1979)
Chahla Chafiq
Chahla Chafiq Self - Student (1979)
Chris Niedenthal
Chris Niedenthal Self - Photojournalist (1979)
Leszek Balcerowicz
Leszek Balcerowicz Self - Economist (1979)