
The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
Documentary · History · TV 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
Erich Honecker
Self (archive footage)
Erich Honecker
Self (archive footage)


Todor Zhivkov
Todor Zhivkov
Self (archive footage)
Todor Zhivkov
Self (archive footage)


Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
Self (archive footage)
Leonid Brezhnev
Self (archive footage)


Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Petar Klissarov
Petar Klissarov
Self
Petar Klissarov
Self
Kristina Traktirova
Kristina Traktirova
Self
Kristina Traktirova
Self
John Haugland
John Haugland
Self
John Haugland
Self
Marion Mahlke
Marion Mahlke
Self
Marion Mahlke
Self
Rolf Mahlke
Rolf Mahlke
Self
Rolf Mahlke
Self
Neven Nevenov
Neven Nevenov
Self
Neven Nevenov
Self
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