Westerplatte Resists
01/09/1967
2h



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.
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


Andrzej Kozak
Pvt. Eugeniusz Aniołek


Andrzej Krasicki
Col. Karl Henke


Adam Kwiatkowski
Cpl. Władysław Domoń


Józef Łodyński
Sgt. Wojciech Najsarek, Station-Master


Mieczysław Milecki
Lt. Stefan Grodecki
Janusz Mirczewski
Pvt. Antoni Ozorowski


Jerzy Molga
Cpl. Eugeniusz Grabowski


Zdzisław Mrożewski
Lt. Col. Wincenty Sobociński


Józef Nalberczak
Cpl. Edmund Szamlewski


Bogdan Niewinowski
Lt. Leon Pająk
Stanisław Niwiński
Pvt. Jan Połeć


Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Sgt. Leonard Piotrowski, Warehouse Manager


Ryszard Piekarski
Corporal


Bolesław Płotnicki
Medic Karol Szwedowski


Marian Rułka
Soldier


Mieczysław Stoor
Cpl. Adolf Petzelt
Zdzisław Szymański
Sgt. Michał Gawlicki
Jerzy Trojan
Soldier Bringing an Order to Surrender


Roman Wilhelmi
Mate Franciszek Bartoszak


Andrzej Wykrętowicz
Soldier


Andrzej Zaorski
Lt. Kręglicki


Bogumił Antczak
Guard (uncredited)


Kazimierz Dębicki
German Soldier (uncredited)


Witold Dębicki
Soldier (uncredited)


Wojciech Duryasz
Soldier with Kettle (uncredited)


Stefan Friedmann
Soldier without a Helmet (uncredited)


Piotr Fronczewski
Pvt. Mieczysław Krzak (uncredited)


Józef Fryźlewicz
Soldier (uncredited)


Michał Gazda
Soldier (uncredited)


Marian Glinka
Wounded Soldier (uncredited)


Andrzej Grąziewicz
German Soldier (uncredited)


Lech Grzmociński
German Soldier Disarming Sucharski (uncredited)


Andrzej Jurczak
Guard (uncredited)
Mieczysław Kalenik
Soldier (uncredited)


Eugeniusz Kamiński
Soldier (uncredited)


Janusz Kubicki
German Officer (uncredited)
Bogdan Łysakowski
Soldier (uncredited)


Stanisław Michalski
Sleeping Soldier (uncredited)


Klemens Mielczarek
Mate Chrzanowski (uncredited)


Leopold Rene Nowak
Soldier returning from Guard Duty (uncredited)


Marian Opania
Soldier stacking Sandbags (uncredited)


Lech Ordon
Cook (uncredited)


Włodzimierz Press
Soldier playing Checkers (uncredited)


Sylwester Przedwojewski
Soldier playing Checkers (uncredited)


Ryszard Ronczewski
Soldier (uncredited)


Bogusław Sochnacki
Telephone Central Operator (uncredited)


Michał Szewczyk
Dissident Soldier (uncredited)


Stefan Szmidt
Soldier (uncredited)


Lech Wojciechowski
Corporal (uncredited)
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