Comments on: Magic movie communist Volvos?

Question: Magic movie communist Volvos?

dreamyshade — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:15:11 -0800

Asking for friend: Watching The Lives of Others, a movie taking place in East Germany during the Cold War, I noticed that a limousine in the movie was a Volvo. I have also noticed that other movies set in the Eastern Bloc show cars made by Western nations. Is this an oversight by the movie makers, or were these cars actually available at these times?

By: croutonsupafreak

croutonsupafreak — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:37:51 -0800

I was three years old, so my awareness of sociopolitical events at the time is very limited, but here's a data point: we had a Volvo in communist Poland in 1980.

By: Zero Gravitas

Zero Gravitas — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:48:27 -0800

IIRC, Sweden did business with both blocs, at least up to certain point. Volvo is, of course, a Swedish car.

By: snownoid

snownoid — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:51:54 -0800

They were available to some

By: jouke

jouke — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:02:27 -0800

heh, I wondered about this too, briefly. And now I know.