1979: Big Bang of the Present
2019 • Documentary | History
Dirk van den Berg
Director
Pascal Verroust
Director
Pascal Verroust
Writer
Dirk van den Berg
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
December 10, 2019
Duration
89 Min
Language
de
Popularity
0.1794
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
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.
Cast
Charles Moore
Michael Heseltine
Roy Hattersley
David Owen
Lech Wałęsa
Helmut Schmidt
Jimmy Carter
James Callaghan
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Ruhollah Khomeini
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
John Paul II
Deng Xiaoping
Margaret Thatcher
Леонид Брежнев
Saddam Hussein
