The Cars We Drove into Capitalism (2021)

  • NR
  • 10/27/2021 (DE)
  • Documentary, History, TV Movie
  • 1h 33m

Overview

A cinematic, character-driven insight to what it meant to produce and to own a car in communist times: the Socialist propaganda dreams and the hard reality of living that dream. The freedom that these slow and clumsy vehicles were giving to their owners; the cars as an instrument in the Cold War battle; legends and homemade tune-ups as an attempt to stand at least a little bit off the crowd.

Georgi Bogdanov

Writer, Director

Boris Missirkov

Writer, Director

Cast

Erich Honecker's headshot

Erich Honecker

Self (archive footage)
Todor Zhivkov's headshot

Todor Zhivkov

Self (archive footage)
Leonid Brezhnev's headshot

Leonid Brezhnev

Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan's headshot

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)
Petar Klissarov's headshot

Petar Klissarov

Self
Kristina Traktirova's headshot

Kristina Traktirova

Self
John Haugland's headshot

John Haugland

Self
Marion Mahlke's headshot

Marion Mahlke

Self

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