1979: Big Bang of the Present

Audience Score
75
1979: Big Bang of the Present
NR 1 hr 29 minDocumentary, 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.
DirectorsPascal VerroustDirk K. van den Berg
WritersPascal VerroustDirk K. van den Berg

Movie Details

Original Language:German
Production Companies:K2 Productions, OutreMer Film, RBB, TVP, ORF, Ina
Movie Tags:iran, feminism, poland