The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

7.0(2 votes)
2021
1h 33m
Documentary
History
TV Movie

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.

Production

Agitprop, Endorfilm, Danish Documentary, Saxonia Entertainment, Hulahop, MDR, ARTE

Cast

Erich Honecker

Erich Honecker

Self (archive footage)

Todor Zhivkov

Todor Zhivkov

Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Petar Klissarov

Petar Klissarov

Self

Kristina Traktirova

Kristina Traktirova

Self

John Haugland

John Haugland

Self

Marion Mahlke

Marion Mahlke

Self

Rolf Mahlke

Rolf Mahlke

Self

Neven Nevenov

Neven Nevenov

Self

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