Close to the Sun (1961)
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
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Florin Piersic as Petre Orsa |
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Vasilica Tastaman as Livia |
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Titus Lapteș as Todor Baci |
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Dorin Dron as Solca |
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Aurel Cioranu as Gică Pisică |
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Nicolae Praida as Dinuț |
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Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic as |
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Ion Manta as Toma |
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Ion Prisăcaru as Uzum |
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Silviu Stănculescu as Abrudan |
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George Constantin as Șoni |
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Vasile Tomazian as Spiridon |
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Rodica Tapalagă as |
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Aurora Șotropa as |
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Eugenia Eftimie as |
| Directing | Savel Știopul | Director |
| Sound | Gheorghe Dumitrescu | Music |
| Editing | Adina Georgescu | Editor |
| Art | Ladislau Labancz | Production Design |
| Crew | Ion Anton | Cinematography |
| Writing | Paul Anghel | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aurelia Baciu | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Paul Popescu | Conductor |