War
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.
Directed by
Stanisław Różewicz
Roman Wilhelmi
Mate Franciszek Bartoszak
Marian Opania
Soldier stacking Sandbags (uncredited)
Piotr Fronczewski
Pvt. Mieczysław Krzak (uncredited)
Stanisław Michalski
Sleeping Soldier (uncredited)
Józef Łodyński
Sgt. Wojciech Najsarek, Station-Master
Józef Nowak
Cpl. Piotr Buder
Bolesław Płotnicki
Medic Karol Szwedowski
Wojciech Duryasz
Soldier with Kettle (uncredited)
Jerzy Kaczmarek
Cpl. Władysław Baran
Włodzimierz Press
Soldier playing Checkers (uncredited)
Bogusz Bilewski
Capt. Mieczysław Słaby, Medical Officer
Marian Glinka
Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Tadeusz Schmidt
Ens. Jan Gryczman
Arkadiusz Bazak
Capt. Franciszek Dąbrowski
Andrzej Kozak
Pvt. Eugeniusz Aniołek
Stefan Friedmann
Soldier without a Helmet (uncredited)
Andrzej Krasicki
Col. Karl Henke
Stefan Szmidt
Soldier (uncredited)
Ryszard Ronczewski
Soldier (uncredited)
Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Sgt. Leonard Piotrowski, Warehouse Manager
Witold Dębicki
Soldier (uncredited)
Sylwester Przedwojewski
Soldier playing Checkers (uncredited)
Mieczysław Kalenik
Soldier (uncredited)
Bohdan Ejmont
Mate Bernard Rygielski
Marian Rułka
Soldier
Mieczysław Stoor
Cpl. Adolf Petzelt
Zbigniew Józefowicz
Sgt. Kazimierz Rasiński, Radio Operator
Tadeusz Pluciński
Cpl. Bronisław Grudziński
Lech Ordon
Cook (uncredited)
Jerzy Molga
Cpl. Eugeniusz Grabowski
Andrzej Grąziewicz
German Soldier (uncredited)
Leopold Rene Nowak
Soldier returning from Guard Duty (uncredited)
Józef Fryźlewicz
Soldier (uncredited)
Bogdan Niewinowski
Lt. Leon Pająk
Andrzej Zaorski
Lt. Kręglicki
Zdzisław Szymański
Sgt. Michał Gawlicki
Zdzisław Mrożewski
Lt. Col. Wincenty Sobociński
Lech Grzmociński
German Soldier Disarming Sucharski (uncredited)
Eugeniusz Kamiński
Soldier (uncredited)
Kazimierz Dębicki
German Soldier (uncredited)
Józef Nalberczak
Cpl. Edmund Szamlewski
Bogusław Sochnacki
Telephone Central Operator (uncredited)
Janusz Kubicki
German Officer (uncredited)
Michał Szewczyk
Dissident Soldier (uncredited)
Ryszard Piekarski
Corporal
Adam Kwiatkowski
Cpl. Władysław Domoń
Michał Gazda
Soldier (uncredited)
Mariusz Gorczyński
Pvt. Jan Czywil
Bogumił Antczak
Guard (uncredited)
Mieczysław Milecki
Lt. Stefan Grodecki
Lech Wojciechowski
Corporal (uncredited)
Andrzej Wykrętowicz
Soldier
Andrzej Jurczak
Guard (uncredited)
Klemens Mielczarek
Mate Chrzanowski (uncredited)
Janusz Mirczewski
Pvt. Antoni Ozorowski
Stanisław Niwiński
Pvt. Jan Połeć
Bogdan Łysakowski
Soldier (uncredited)

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