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 | September 26, 1961 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Aproape de soare | |
| Runtime | 1h 38min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Original Language | Romanian | |
| Production Countries | Romania | |
| Production Companies | Studioul Cinematografic București | |