

The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
93 min
Release Date
2021-10-27
Status
Released
Original Language
Bulgarian
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
7
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
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