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Close to the Sun

7.519611h 38mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorSavel Știopul
WriterPaul Anghel

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Cast · Directed by Savel Știopul

FPFlorin Piersic
Florin Piersic
Petre Orsa
VTVasilica Tastaman
Vasilica Tastaman
Livia
TLTitus Lapteș
Titus Lapteș
Todor Baci
DDDorin Dron
Dorin Dron
Solca
ACAurel Cioranu
Aurel Cioranu
Gică Pisică
NP
Nicolae Praida
Dinuț
GVGrigore Vasiliu-Birlic
Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic
IM
Ion Manta
Toma
IP
Ion Prisăcaru
Uzum
SSSilviu Stănculescu
Silviu Stănculescu
Abrudan
GCGeorge Constantin
George Constantin
Șoni
VTVasile Tomazian
Vasile Tomazian
Spiridon

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