The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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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.
The story
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.
Cast
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)
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Michael HeseltineSelf - Politician (1979)
Roy HattersleySelf - Politician (1979)
David OwenSelf - Politician (1979)
Lech WałęsaSelf - Shipyard Worker (1979)
Jan BerrisSelf - Press Liaison (1979)
Eva QuistorpSelf - Activist (1979)
Helmut SchmidtSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Jimmy CarterSelf - Politician (archive footage)
James CallaghanSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Valéry Giscard d'EstaingSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Ruhollah KhomeiniSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Mohammad Reza Shah PahlaviSelf (archive footage)
Pope John Paul IISelf (archive footage)
Deng XiaopingSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Margaret ThatcherSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Leonid BrezhnevSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Saddam HusseinSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Leopoldo GaltieriSelf - Politician (archive footage)
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