1979 Big Bang of the Present

Directed by Pascal Verroust, Dirk van den Berg
2019    89mDocumentary, History,
7.0
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.

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Cast of 1979 Big Bang of the Present

  • Haideh DaragahiSelf - Literature Professor (1979)
  • Shahin NawaiSelf - Biologist (1979)
  • Chahla ChafiqSelf - Student (1979)
  • Chris NiedenthalSelf - Photojournalist (1979)
  • Leszek BalcerowiczSelf - Economist (1979)
  • Stanisław CiosekSelf - Politician (1979)
  • Alfred WierzbickiSelf - Student (1979)
  • Hanna SuchockaSelf - Jurist (1979)
  • Roger GarsideSelf - Diplomat (1979)
  • Wei JingshengSelf - Political Dissident (1979)
  • Chas FreemanSelf - US DoS Official (1979)
  • Charles MooreSelf - Political Journalist (1979)
  • Michael HeseltineSelf - Politician (1979)
  • Roy HattersleySelf - Politician (1979)
  • David OwenSelf - Politician (1979)
  • Lech WałęsaSelf - Shipyard Worker (1979)
  • Jan BerrisSelf - Press Liaison (1979)
  • Eva QuistorpSelf - Activist (1979)
  • Helmut SchmidtSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Jimmy CarterSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • James CallaghanSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Valéry Giscard d'EstaingSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Ruhollah KhomeiniSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of IranSelf (archive footage)
  • John Paul II.Self (archive footage)
  • Deng XiaopingSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Margaret ThatcherSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Leonid BrezhnevSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Saddam HusseinSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Leopoldo GaltieriSelf - Politician (archive footage)
  • Pascal VerroustDirector / Writer / Producer
  • Dirk van den BergDirector / Writer / Producer

 

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