Industrie - Industry of Normalization
Sometimes, citizens of Czechoslovakia would have to spend several years waiting for their own car. Even so, the communist party hoped to use the newest model of the Škoda automobile to demonstrate the country’s affluence and state of technological advancement. The story of the Škoda Favorit shows how the company from Mladá Boleslav built not only reliable machines but also constructed the illusion that life in Czechoslovakia was good.
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Industrie - Industry of Normalization
- Overview
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 28, 2021
Runtime
0h 26m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Industrie - Soukolí normalizace
Director
Ivo Bystřičan
Description
Sometimes, citizens of Czechoslovakia would have to spend several years waiting for their own car. Even so, the communist party hoped to use the newest model of the Škoda automobile to demonstrate the country’s affluence and state of technological advancement. The story of the Škoda Favorit shows how the company from Mladá Boleslav built not only reliable machines but also constructed the illusion that life in Czechoslovakia was good.
