The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

93 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Oct. 27, 2021

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.

The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

93 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Oct. 27, 2021

The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
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.
Producers ARTE, MDR, Agitprop, endorfilm, Danish Documentary Production, Saxonia Entertainment, Hulahop Production
Original title Колите, с които нахлухме в капитализма
Directors Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov
Writers Georgi Tenev, Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov

Cast

Erich Honecker

as Self (archive footage)

Todor Zhivkov

as Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

as Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

as Self (archive footage)

Petar Klissarov

as Self

John Haugland

as Self

Marion Mahlke

as Self

Rolf Mahlke

as Self

Neven Nevenov

as Self

Tania Petkovska

as Self

Nikita Rogushin

as Self

Roman Savinov

as Self