Film

The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

2021 · 1h 33m · Documentary · History · TV 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.

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

• Boris MissirkovWriter · Director
• Georgi BogdanovWriter · Director
• Martichka BozhilovaProducer
• Dalibor GrubačevićOriginal Music Composer
• Georgi TenevEditor
• Emil GranicharovEditor
• Jacob ThuesenEditor

Trailer

Release date

October 27, 2021

Status

Released

Original language

Bulgarian

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Documentary, History, TV Movie

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