The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
2021•1h 33m•7.0•Released
DocumentaryHistoryTV 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.
Director
Georgi Bogdanov
Writer
Georgi Bogdanov, Boris Missirkov
Languages
Bulgarian, English, German
Studio
Agitprop
Cast
Erich Honecker
Self (archive footage)
Todor Zhivkov
Self (archive footage)
Leonid Brezhnev
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Petar Klissarov
Self
Kristina Traktirova
Self
John Haugland
Self
Marion Mahlke
Self
Rolf Mahlke
Self
Neven Nevenov
Self
Tania Petkovska
Self
Nikita Rogushin
Self
Roman Savinov
Self
Production
Company
Agitprop
Company
Endorfilm
Company
Danish Documentary
Company
Saxonia Entertainment
Company
Hulahop
Company
MDR
Company
ARTE
Producer
Martichka Bozhilova
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