Big Bang in Tunguska

Jun 27, 2008

0h 50m

★ 7.4

Overview

At 7:14 am on 30 June 1908, the largest explosion recorded in human history to date reverberated throughout our planet. The force of the explosion was two thousand times that of the Hiroshima bomb. A woodland area the size of Luxembourg was eradicated in the Siberian taiga. This incident is recorded in history books as the Tunguska catastrophe. To this day, internationally renowned scientists of various disciplines argue about the causes of this disastrous explosion. The documentary discusses the latest and most controversial insights of these leading scientists. It identifies the reasons why Tunguska has evolved into a phenomenon and points out the curious results produced by this mythical event in culture and economy.

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Documentary

History

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Halbtotal Film

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Cast

Self

Amartscha

Self

Mark Boslough

Self

Christoph Brenneisen

Self

Valentina Bykova

Self

Luca Gasperini

Self (archive footage)

Leonid Alekseyevich Kulik

Self

Wolfgang Kundt

Self

Juri Lawbin

Self

Giuseppe Longo

Self

Benny Peiser

Self

Gottlieb Polzer

Self

Wasilij Wlasow

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