Close to the Sun

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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.

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Production Details

Languages: Romanian

Director: Savel Știopul

Starring Cast: Florin Piersic, Vasilica Tastaman, Titus Lapteș, Dorin Dron, Aurel Cioranu, Nicolae Praida

Cast

Florin Piersic

Petre Orsa

Vasilica Tastaman

Livia

Titus Lapteș

Todor Baci

Dorin Dron

Solca

Aurel Cioranu

Gică Pisică

Nicolae Praida

Dinuț

Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic

Ion Manta

Toma

Ion Prisăcaru

Uzum

Silviu Stănculescu

Abrudan

George Constantin

Șoni

Vasile Tomazian

Spiridon

Rodica Tapalagă

Aurora Șotropa

Eugenia Eftimie

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