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Feature film — 2019

1979: Big Bang of the Present (2019)

6.01h 29mDocumentary — History — TV Movie

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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A high-signal pick with 5 votes.

K2 Productions / OutreMer Film / RBB / Telewizja Polska / ORF / INA

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Director: Dirk van den Berg

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Cast & crew

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Haideh Daragahi

Self - Literature Professor (1979)

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Shahin Nawai

Self - Biologist (1979)

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Chahla Chafiq

Self - Student (1979)

C

Chris Niedenthal

Self - Photojournalist (1979)

Leszek Balcerowicz as Self - Economist (1979)

Leszek Balcerowicz

Self - Economist (1979)

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Stanisław Ciosek

Self - Politician (1979)

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Alfred Wierzbicki

Self - Student (1979)

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Hanna Suchocka

Self - Jurist (1979)

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Roger Garside

Self - Diplomat (1979)

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Wei Jingsheng

Self - Political Dissident (1979)

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Chas Freeman

Self - US DoS Official (1979)

Charles Moore as Self - Political Journalist (1979)

Charles Moore

Self - Political Journalist (1979)

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