1956 Citroën DS 19

1956 Citroën DS 19 in Liebe mit 16, Movie, 1974

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Ingo ◊ 2012-12-23 19:07	There were only a very few DS running in the DDR. About one there was an interesting story, written by the owner, how he could keep it alive. I must see, if it's maybe the same car.
Andre Malraux ◊ 2012-12-23 19:15	deleted comment
Ingo ◊ 2012-12-23 19:16	This common reputation in the DDR of that car was indeed a big problem for the owner, as he wrote
blinski ◊ 2012-12-23 22:40	Wow, I couldn't imagine something western during communist times in Poland gaining bad reputation because of being too capitalistic! Sounds so odd. -- Last edit: 2012-12-23 22:54:34
Andre Malraux ◊ 2012-12-23 23:39	deleted comment
Weasel1984 ◊ 2012-12-24 00:00	Yes, but not for the ordinary people. And those at the top were in this case real hypocrites (with exception of the 1970s maybe). Anyway, after some thoughts, this story is strange. The charater played by L. Niemczyk (the car owner in film) wasn't a nice guy, so why he couldn't drive a 'bourgeois' Merc? More possibly because high rank commies used MB's (inlcuding the party leader W. Gomułka) and they were unhappy that such not nice character with such car can reminds them. -- Last edit: 2012-12-24 00:19:54
andrepa ◊ 2012-12-24 23:12