Westerplatte Resists

Story

Synopsis

Westerplatte is a small peninsula at the entry to the Gdańsk Harbour. Before World War II, it functioned as a Polish ammunition depot in the Free City of Danzig. Its crew consisted of one infantry company and a group of civilians, 182 people in total. It was the only Polish guard-post at the mouth of the Vistula River, with as little as five sentries, one field cannon, two anti-armour guns and four mortars. The first shots of World War II were fired there. This film tells the story of Westerplatte's courageous defenders.

Director

Stanisław Różewicz

Writers

Jan Józef Szczepański

Language

Polish

Country

Poland

Release date

1 September 1967

Ensemble

Cast

• Zygmunt Hübner

  Maj. Henryk Sucharski

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  Arkadiusz Bazak

  Capt. Franciszek Dąbrowski

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  Tadeusz Schmidt

  Ens. Jan Gryczman

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  Józef Nowak

  Cpl. Piotr Buder

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  Tadeusz Pluciński

  Cpl. Bronisław Grudziński

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  Bogusz Bilewski

  Capt. Mieczysław Słaby, Medical Officer

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  Bohdan Ejmont

  Mate Bernard Rygielski

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  Mariusz Gorczyński

  Pvt. Jan Czywil

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  Zbigniew Józefowicz

  Sgt. Kazimierz Rasiński, Radio Operator

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  Jerzy Kaczmarek

  Cpl. Władysław Baran

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  Andrzej Kozak

  Pvt. Eugeniusz Aniołek

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  Andrzej Krasicki

  Col. Karl Henke