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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Cast
26 people
Florin Piersic
Petre Orsa
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Vasilica Tastaman
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Paul Anghel
Savel Stiopul
Titus Lapteș
Todor Baci
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Mitrea Cocor
Dorin Dron
Solca
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Adina Georgescu
Titus Laptes
otelarul Todor Baci
Aurel Cioranu
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Aurelia Baciu
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Savel Știopul Director · Paul Anghel Writer Adina Georgescu Editor
First release September 26, 1961 · Produced in Romania · Original title Aproape de soare
Production
Studioul Cinematografic București
Production
Romania
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Original title
Aproape de soare
Original language
Romanian
Spoken on screen
Romanian
Release dates
Romania · September 26, 1961
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No release date listed for United States.
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