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The Cars We Drove into Capitalism
7.7 / 10• 2021• 1h 33m•NR• Bulgarian
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Erich Honecker
Self (archive footage)
Lead
Todor Zhivkov
Self (archive footage)
Leonid Brezhnev
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
PK
Petar Klissarov
Self
KT
Kristina Traktirova
Self
JH
John Haugland
Self
MM
Marion Mahlke
Self
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Georgi Bogdanov's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Cars We Drove into Capitalism is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
