1979: Big Bang of the Present
2019, German. Directed by Pascal Verroust & Dirk van den Berg.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Pascal VerroustDirector
- Dirk van den BergDirector
- Haideh DaragahiSelf - Literature Professor (1979)
- Shahin NawaiSelf - Biologist (1979)
- Chahla ChafiqSelf - Student (1979)
- Chris NiedenthalSelf - Photojournalist (1979)
- Leszek BalcerowiczSelf - Economist (1979)
- Stanisław CiosekSelf - Politician (1979)
- Alfred WierzbickiSelf - Student (1979)
- Hanna SuchockaSelf - Jurist (1979)
- Roger GarsideSelf - Diplomat (1979)
- Wei JingshengSelf - Political Dissident (1979)
- Chas FreemanSelf - US DoS Official (1979)
- Charles MooreSelf - Political Journalist (1979)
Details
- Released
- 10 December 2019
- Original title
- 1979: Urknall der Gegenwart
- Country
- Austria, France, Germany, Poland
- Written by
- Pascal Verroust, Dirk van den Berg
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1979: Big Bang of the Present runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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1979: Big Bang of the Present isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 December 2019. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed 1979: Big Bang of the Present?
1979: Big Bang of the Present (2019) was directed by Pascal Verroust and Dirk van den Berg and stars Haideh Daragahi, Shahin Nawai, Chahla Chafiq.