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Based on true events. In the Romanian town of Lupeni August 5, 1929, driven to despair by hard labor conditions miners under the leadership of Communists organized a strike. The miners demanded higher wages and an eight-hour workday. They opposed the government's attempts to shift the entire burden of the economic crisis onto the workers' shoulders. The government, concerned about the scale of the strike and the workers' determination not to give in to their demands, ordered troops to shoot at unarmed people. On August 7, the strike was brutally suppressed. Many workers were killed. But these events have forever gone down in the history of the Romanian labor movement as an example of solidarity, heroism and invincibility of the people.
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Cast

Lica Gheorghiu
Ioana

Colea Răutu
Petre Letean

George Calboreanu
Tudor Baci

Ștefan Ciubotărașu
Varga

Ilarion Ciobanu
Danet

Fory Etterle
prosecutor

George Motoi
Ioana's first husband

Boris Ciornei
The poet officer

Costel Constantinescu
Mateianu

Toma Dimitriu
The gendarme commander

Dumitru Furdui
Mirica

Dinu Gherasim
prefect

Gheorghe Măruță
The director of the mine

Draga Olteanu Matei
Varga's wife

Constantin Rauțchi
Hudici

Willy Ronea
The mine engineer

Sandu Sticlaru
Mihaila