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1979: Urknall der Gegenwart

Movie - 89mins

DocumentaryHistoryTV 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.

Rating: 5.7

Cast:

name

Deng

Xiaoping

name

Margaret

Thatcher

name

Leonid

Brezhnev

name

Saddam

Hussein

name

Leopoldo

Galtieri

name

Haideh

Daragahi

name

Shahin

Nawai

name

Chahla

Chafiq

name

Chris

Niedenthal

name

Leszek

Balcerowicz

name

Stanisław

Ciosek

name

Alfred

Wierzbicki

name

Hanna

Suchocka

name

Roger

Garside

name

Wei

Jingsheng

name

Chas

Freeman

name

Charles

Moore

name

Michael

Heseltine

name

Roy

Hattersley

name

David

Owen

name

Lech

Wałęsa

name

Jan

Berris

name

Eva

Quistorp

name

Helmut

Schmidt

name

Jimmy

Carter

name

James

Callaghan

name

Valéry

Giscard

name

Ruhollah

Khomeini

name

Shah

Mohammad

name

Pope

John

name

Deng

Xiaoping

name

Margaret

Thatcher

name

Leonid

Brezhnev

name

Saddam

Hussein

name

Leopoldo

Galtieri

name

Haideh

Daragahi

name

Shahin

Nawai

name

Chahla

Chafiq

name

Chris

Niedenthal

name

Leszek

Balcerowicz