Overview
In summer 1975 at the Constanța Shipyard, director Mihai Coman pushes to cast a massive ship propeller in-house, facing technical failures, internal resistance, and political hesitation. As the casting repeatedly breaks and deadlines loom, he must overcome engineering hurdles and personal sacrifices to see the vessel launched with the home-forged propeller.
Cast
- Mircea Albulescu as Paraschiv
- Zephi Alșec as Ionescu
- Marga Barbu as Clara
- Jean Constantin as Cristea
- Vladimir Găitan as Eng. Andrei Jercan
- Sergiu Nicolaescu as Mihai Coman
- Sebastian Papaiani as Guriță
- Ileana Popovici as Corina
- Emmerich Schäffer as Eng. Vasilescu
- Mircea Anghelescu as Eng. Cioranu