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The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

The Cars We Drove into Capitalism (2021)

1h 33m | PG-13

⭐ 7 / 10

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.

Director: Georgi Bogdanov

Studio: Agitprop

Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie

Video: 720p

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Cast

Erich Honecker

Erich Honecker

as Self (archive footage)

Todor Zhivkov

Todor Zhivkov

as Self (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Brezhnev

as Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

as Self (archive footage)

Petar Klissarov

Petar Klissarov

as Self

Kristina Traktirova

Kristina Traktirova

as Self