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
Mieczysław Stoor
Cpl. Adolf Petzelt
Józef Nalberczak
Cpl. Edmund Szamlewski
Włodzimierz Press
Soldier playing Checkers (uncredited)
Bolesław Płotnicki
Medic Karol Szwedowski
Stefan Szmidt
Soldier (uncredited)
Andrzej Krasicki
Col. Karl Henke
Zdzisław Mrożewski
Lt. Col. Wincenty Sobociński
Józef Łodyński
Sgt. Wojciech Najsarek, Station-Master
Wojciech Duryasz
Soldier with Kettle (uncredited)
Tadeusz Schmidt
Ens. Jan Gryczman
Bohdan Ejmont
Mate Bernard Rygielski
Lech Ordon
Cook (uncredited)
Arkadiusz Bazak
Capt. Franciszek Dąbrowski
Michał Szewczyk
Dissident Soldier (uncredited)
Andrzej Wykrętowicz
Soldier
Andrzej Kozak
Pvt. Eugeniusz Aniołek
Lech Wojciechowski
Corporal (uncredited)
Bogusz Bilewski
Capt. Mieczysław Słaby, Medical Officer
Roman Wilhelmi
Mate Franciszek Bartoszak
Józef Nowak
Cpl. Piotr Buder
Piotr Fronczewski
Pvt. Mieczysław Krzak (uncredited)
Tadeusz Pluciński
Cpl. Bronisław Grudziński
Bogumił Antczak
Guard (uncredited)
Michał Gazda
Soldier (uncredited)
Lech Grzmociński
German Soldier Disarming Sucharski (uncredited)
Sylwester Przedwojewski
Soldier playing Checkers (uncredited)
Mieczysław Milecki
Lt. Stefan Grodecki
Witold Dębicki
Soldier (uncredited)
Andrzej Zaorski
Lt. Kręglicki
Leopold Rene Nowak
Soldier returning from Guard Duty (uncredited)
Jerzy Molga
Cpl. Eugeniusz Grabowski
Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Sgt. Leonard Piotrowski, Warehouse Manager
Marian Rułka
Soldier
Eugeniusz Kamiński
Soldier (uncredited)
Marian Opania
Soldier stacking Sandbags (uncredited)
Kazimierz Dębicki
German Soldier (uncredited)
Zbigniew Józefowicz
Sgt. Kazimierz Rasiński, Radio Operator
Bogdan Niewinowski
Lt. Leon Pająk
Bogusław Sochnacki
Telephone Central Operator (uncredited)
Marian Glinka
Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Ryszard Ronczewski
Soldier (uncredited)
Stanisław Michalski
Sleeping Soldier (uncredited)
Mariusz Gorczyński
Pvt. Jan Czywil
Klemens Mielczarek
Mate Chrzanowski (uncredited)
Andrzej Grąziewicz
German Soldier (uncredited)
Ryszard Piekarski
Corporal
Józef Fryźlewicz
Soldier (uncredited)
Adam Kwiatkowski
Cpl. Władysław Domoń
Andrzej Jurczak
Guard (uncredited)
Jerzy Kaczmarek
Cpl. Władysław Baran
Janusz Kubicki
German Officer (uncredited)
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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