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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Arkadiusz BazakCapt. Franciszek Dąbrowski
Tadeusz SchmidtEns. Jan Gryczman
Józef NowakCpl. Piotr Buder
Tadeusz PlucińskiCpl. Bronisław Grudziński
Bogusz BilewskiCapt. Mieczysław Słaby, Medical Officer
Bohdan EjmontMate Bernard Rygielski
Mariusz GorczyńskiPvt. Jan Czywil
Zbigniew JózefowiczSgt. Kazimierz Rasiński, Radio Operator
Jerzy KaczmarekCpl. Władysław Baran
Andrzej KozakPvt. Eugeniusz AniołekExplore the crew
- Director
- Stanisław Różewicz
- Screenplay
- Jan Józef Szczepański
- Director of Photography
- Jerzy Wójcik
- Original Music Composer
- Wojciech Kilar
- Editor
- Lidia Pacewicz