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1979: Urknall der Gegenwart (2019)

1979: Big Bang of the Present

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.

Documentary History TV Movie

1979: Urknall der Gegenwart

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Haideh Daragahi

Haideh Daragahi

as Self - Literature Professor (1979)

as Self - Biologist (1979)

as Self - Student (1979)

Chris Niedenthal

Chris Niedenthal

as Self - Photojournalist (1979)

Leszek Balcerowicz

Leszek Balcerowicz

as Self - Economist (1979)

Stanisław Ciosek

Stanisław Ciosek

as Self - Politician (1979)

Alfred Wierzbicki

Alfred Wierzbicki

as Self - Student (1979)

as Self - Jurist (1979)

as Self - Diplomat (1979)

as Self - Political Dissident (1979)

as Self - US DoS Official (1979)

as Self - Political Journalist (1979)

Michael Heseltine

Michael Heseltine

as Self - Politician (1979)

as Self - Politician (1979)

as Self - Politician (1979)

as Self - Shipyard Worker (1979)

as Self - Press Liaison (1979)

as Self - Activist (1979)

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

James Callaghan

James Callaghan

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Leopoldo Galtieri

Leopoldo Galtieri

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Dirk van den Berg

Dirk van den Berg

Pascal Verroust

Pascal Verroust

Dirk van den Berg

Dirk van den Berg

Pascal Verroust

Pascal Verroust

Frederik Walker

Frederik Walker

Camera Operator

Camera Operator

Olivia Furtwängler

Olivia Furtwängler

Camera Operator

Mathieu Descamps

Mathieu Descamps

Frédéric Vidal

Delphine Thelliez

Delphine Thelliez

Delphine Thelliez

Delphine Thelliez

Christophe Gautier

Christophe Gautier

Valérie Canton-Pont

Valérie Canton-Pont

Technical Advisor

Technical Advisor

Production Director

Olivia Furtwängler

Olivia Furtwängler

Associate Producer

Dirk van den Berg

Dirk van den Berg

Pascal Verroust

Pascal Verroust

Christian von Behr

Christian von Behr

Commissioning Editor

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