1979: Big Bang of the Present

1979: Big Bang of the Present (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. 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.

star 7.5 6.7
  • Release Date: 2019-12-10
  • Runtime: 1h 29min
  • Directors: Dirk K. van den Berg, Pascal Verroust.

Where to Watch 1979: Big Bang of the Present Online

1979: Big Bang of the Present is not available for streaming at this moment.

Trailer

Cast

  • Haideh Daragahi

    Self - Literature Professor (1979)

  • Shahin Nawai

    Self - Biologist (1979)

  • Chahla Chafiq

    Self - Student (1979)

  • Chris Niedenthal

    Self - Photojournalist (1979)

  • Leszek Balcerowicz

    Self - Economist (1979)

  • Stanisław Ciosek

    Self - Politician (1979)

  • Alfred Wierzbicki

    Self - Student (1979)

  • Hanna Suchocka

    Self - Jurist (1979)

  • Roger Garside

    Self - Diplomat (1979)

  • Wei Jingsheng

    Self - Political Dissident (1979)

  • Chas Freeman

    Self - US DoS Official (1979)

  • 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)

  • Jan Berris

    Self - Press Liaison (1979)

  • Eva Quistorp

    Self - Activist (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)

  • Leopoldo Galtieri

    Self - Politician (archive footage)

Related Movies