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Close to the Sun

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Close to the Sun

7.0

1h 38m

1961

Synopsis

Petre Orsa, a young peasant gets a job at the Hunedoara Steel Mill with the dream of becoming a top-notch steel man, having Mihai Solca – a sort of communist industrial hero – as his role model. He starts low moving dirt around with a shovel but he soon gets into the team of an old steel man, foreman Tudor Baci.

Director

Savel Știopul

Drama

Cast & Crew

Florin Piersic

Florin Piersic

as Petre Orsa

Vasilica Tastaman

Vasilica Tastaman

as Livia

Titus Lapteș

Titus Lapteș

as Todor Baci

Dorin Dron

Dorin Dron

as Solca

Aurel Cioranu

Aurel Cioranu

as Gică Pisică

Nicolae Praida

as Dinuț

Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic

Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic

Ion Manta

as Toma

Ion Prisăcaru

as Uzum

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