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.
Director and 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
- Kristina Traktirova as Self
- John Haugland as Self
- Marion Mahlke as Self
- Rolf Mahlke as Self
- Neven Nevenov as Self
More films
The Killing Fields (1984)
Drama · History · War · R
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to ...
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Director
- Roland Joffé
- Cast
- Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich
The Last Emperor (1987)
Drama · History · PG-13
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant ...
- Runtime
- 2h 43m
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Cast
- John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole
Prêtres interdits (1973)
Drama · History · N/A
No overview found.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Director
- Denys de La Patellière
- Cast
- Robert Hossein, Claude Jade, Pierre Mondy
1900 (1976)
Drama · History · Unrated
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
- Runtime
- 5h 17m
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Cast
- Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda
The Day After (1983)
Drama · Science Fiction · TV Movie · TV-PG
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When th...
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- Director
- Nicholas Meyer
- Cast
- Jason Robards, John Cullum, JoBeth Williams
Comments
Talk about the film with other members