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

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