Movion - 1979: Big Bang of the Present

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1979: Big Bang of the Present

7.5

2 reviews

Documentary/History

1h 29m

2019

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....

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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.

DirectorDirk K. van den Berg
Release10 December 2019
Genre
Documentary / History
Duration1h 29m
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Rate
7.5
2 reviews
Productions
K2 Productions, OutreMer Film, RBB, TVP, ORF, INA

Cast

Charles Moore

Self - Political Journalist (1979)

Michael Heseltine

Self - Politician (1979)

Roy Hattersley

Self - Politician (1979)

David Owen

Self - Politician (1979)

Lech Wałęsa

Self - Shipyard Worker (1979)

Helmut Schmidt

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

Self - Politician (archive footage)

James Callaghan

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

Self (archive footage)

John Paul II.

Self (archive footage)

Deng Xiaoping

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Saddam Hussein

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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