Soviet steelworkers, bureaucratic romance, and a love triangle hotter than molten metal.
About the commissioning of a new rolling mill at the steel plant. The plot is based on the relationship between two fellow students at the institute - a senior official of the Ministry, who came to the start-up of the mill, and the director of the plant.
Production
Massive authentic steel mill sequences that cost probably half the USSR's budget.
Acting
Dvorzhetsky's mustache carries entire emotional arcs.
Director
Valeri Kremnyov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was peak 'production drama' era Soviet TV—factory settings allowed filmmakers to explore personal conflicts while technically celebrating socialist labor. The genre died with perestroika.
Durov reportedly insisted on doing his own welding shots, briefly setting his costume on fire. They kept the take.
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