Westerplatte Resists (1967)
Westerplatte
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.
- Date of release
- 1967-09-01
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Director
- Stanisław Różewicz
Casting
- Zygmunt Hübner — Maj. Henryk Sucharski
- Arkadiusz Bazak — Capt. Franciszek Dąbrowski
- Tadeusz Schmidt — Ens. Jan Gryczman
- Józef Nowak — Cpl. Piotr Buder
- Tadeusz Pluciński — Cpl. Bronisław Grudziński
- Bogusz Bilewski — Capt. Mieczysław Słaby, Medical Officer
- Bohdan Ejmont — Mate Bernard Rygielski
- Mariusz Gorczyński — Pvt. Jan Czywil
- Zbigniew Józefowicz — Sgt. Kazimierz Rasiński, Radio Operator
- Jerzy Kaczmarek — Cpl. Władysław Baran
- Andrzej Kozak — Pvt. Eugeniusz Aniołek
- Andrzej Krasicki — Col. Karl Henke
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