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1979: Big Bang of the Present
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1979: Big Bang of the Present

(1979: Urknall der Gegenwart)

20191h 29mDocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

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.

#street riots#poland#1970s#united kingdom#cold war#feminism#ecologism#iran#islamic revolution#economic crisis#communist china

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Alternative Titles

1979: The Year That Changed the WorldGB
1979: el año que cambió el mundoES
1979: przełomowy rokPL
1979, l'anno che cambiò il mondoIT
1979: Big Bang of Our PresentDE
1979: The Big Bang That Created Today's WorldDE
Status
Released
Original Title
1979: Urknall der Gegenwart
Production Countries
Austria, France, Germany, Poland
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Cast

Acting

Haideh Daragahi

Self - Literature Professor (1979)
Acting

Shahin Nawai

Self - Biologist (1979)
Acting

Chahla Chafiq

Self - Student (1979)
Acting

Chris Niedenthal

Self - Photojournalist (1979)
Acting

Leszek Balcerowicz

Self - Economist (1979)
Acting

Stanisław Ciosek

Self - Politician (1979)
Acting

Alfred Wierzbicki

Self - Student (1979)
Acting

Hanna Suchocka

Self - Jurist (1979)
Acting

Roger Garside

Self - Diplomat (1979)
Acting

Wei Jingsheng

Self - Political Dissident (1979)

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