Soviet-era oil workers say 'screw the bureaucracy' and drill anyway. Based on a true story of stubbornness.
A group of oil drillers of the Factory B, focused on success rather than praise, strive to find the oil despite the decision on the suspension of the drilling works.
Acting
Pavle Vuisić's Mane Karakas steals every scene with weary comic timing.
Production
Authentic Yugoslav oil fields — you can almost smell the diesel.
Director
Vojislav Nanović
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Tito's Yugoslavia, this was state-approved 'socialist realism' — yet subtly critiques top-down management. The censors missed the irony.
The oil field sequences were shot at an actual functioning rig; several cast members were real drillers Nanović met on location.
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