Explosion (1973 film)

Explosion (Explozia) is a 1973 Romanian drama film directed by Mircea Drăgan. It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Diploma.

Plot
The film's plot is a dramatized depiction of a real event that took place on January 10, 1971, the fire and sinking of the Panamanian registered ship  SS Vrachos (renamed in the film as Poseidon) on which 3,700 of 4,000 tons of ammonium nitrate were loaded and which threatened to destroy the city Galați.

Cast

 * Radu Beligan as Luca
 * Gheorghe Dinica as Salamander
 * Toma Caragiu as Corbea
 * Dem Radulescu as Neagu
 * Jean Constantin as Tilica
 * George Motoi as Marinescu
 * Toma Dimitriu
 * Colea Rautu as Anghel
 * Draga Olteanu Matei as Angela (as Draga Olteanu-Matei)