The Valley Resounds

Famous Romania communist propaganda movie, one of the templates to what followed. It is about the volunteers that built the Bumbești-Livezeni railroad.

Cast

Marcel Anghelescu

as Ion

Geo Barton

as Radu

Radu Beligan

as Niki Goguleanu

Eugenia Popovici

as Ileana

Ion Talianu

as Goguleanu

Maria Voluntaru

as Mrs. Goguleanu

Angela Chiuaru

as Sanda

Puiu Dumitrescu

Marcel Enescu

as Eng. Poenaru

Al Ionescu-Ghibericon

as Vasilescu

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