BEIJING?The April rescue of 115 workers from a flooded Chinese mine will be made into a film that will hit the screens in time for October's National Day, state media said Tuesday.

Thirty-eight people died when the huge, state-run Wangjialing coal mine flooded in March as it was being built in Shanxi province in an accident blamed on lax safety standards.

The film, provisionally titled "Eight Days and Eight Nights," will trace efforts to reach trapped workers that led to the April 4 mass rescue which Chinese press dubbed a "miracle," the Shanxi Evening News said.

The director and screenwriter have consulted with those who took part in rescue efforts, said the report, posted on popular web portal sina.com.

The report said a set would be built replicating the underground shaft where the workers were trapped and the flood would be re-enacted using 3D imagery.

The film, to be made by the Shanxi Film Studio, will cost an estimated 10 million yuan ($1.5 million) and is expected to be released around National Day on October 1, when patriotically themed movies are often shown.

China's collieries are notoriously dangerous, as safety standards are often ignored in the quest for profits and the drive to meet surging demand for coal -- the source of about 70 percent of the country's energy.

The workers' rescue was widely publicized but the Wangjialing disaster also highlighted that even large, state-linked facilities can be deadly.

The mine was given the green light by the State Council, China's cabinet, headed by Premier Wen Jiabao, and had been promoted as a "first-class, safe and efficient, large modern mine."