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The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

2021

93 minutes

DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

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.

Top Cast

Erich Honecker headshot

Erich Honecker

Self (archive footage)

Todor Zhivkov headshot

Todor Zhivkov

Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev headshot

Leonid Brezhnev

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan headshot

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Petar Klissarov headshot

Petar Klissarov

Self

Kristina Traktirova headshot

Kristina Traktirova

Self

John Haugland headshot

John Haugland

Self

Marion Mahlke headshot

Marion Mahlke

Self

Rolf Mahlke headshot

Rolf Mahlke

Self

Neven Nevenov headshot

Neven Nevenov

Self

Tania Petkovska headshot

Tania Petkovska

Self

Nikita Rogushin headshot

Nikita Rogushin

Self

Roman Savinov headshot

Roman Savinov

Self