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.

• Release Date: 1961-09-26
• Runtime: 1h 38min
• Production Company: Studioul Cinematografic București
• Production Country: Romania
• Director: Savel Știopul