Westerplatte Resists

Overview

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.

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Cast

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