Westerplatte Resists

The story

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

Z Zygmunt HübnerMaj. Henryk Sucharski A Arkadiusz BazakCapt. Franciszek Dąbrowski T Tadeusz SchmidtEns. Jan Gryczman J Józef NowakCpl. Piotr Buder T Tadeusz PlucińskiCpl. Bronisław Grudziński B Bogusz BilewskiCapt. Mieczysław Słaby, Medical Officer B Bohdan EjmontMate Bernard Rygielski M Mariusz GorczyńskiPvt. Jan Czywil Z Zbigniew JózefowiczSgt. Kazimierz Rasiński, Radio Operator J Jerzy KaczmarekCpl. Władysław Baran A Andrzej KozakPvt. Eugeniusz Aniołek A Andrzej KrasickiCol. Karl Henke

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A Adam KwiatkowskiCpl. Władysław Domoń J Józef ŁodyńskiSgt. Wojciech Najsarek, Station-Master M Mieczysław MileckiLt. Stefan Grodecki J Janusz MirczewskiPvt. Antoni Ozorowski J Jerzy MolgaCpl. Eugeniusz Grabowski Z Zdzisław MrożewskiLt. Col. Wincenty Sobociński J Józef NalberczakCpl. Edmund Szamlewski B Bogdan NiewinowskiLt. Leon Pająk S Stanisław NiwińskiPvt. Jan Połeć J Janusz PaluszkiewiczSgt. Leonard Piotrowski, Warehouse Manager R Ryszard PiekarskiCorporal B Bolesław PłotnickiMedic Karol Szwedowski M Marian RułkaSoldier M Mieczysław StoorCpl. Adolf Petzelt Z Zdzisław SzymańskiSgt. Michał Gawlicki J Jerzy TrojanSoldier Bringing an Order to Surrender R Roman WilhelmiMate Franciszek Bartoszak A Andrzej WykrętowiczSoldier A Andrzej ZaorskiLt. Kręglicki B Bogumił AntczakGuard (uncredited) K Kazimierz DębickiGerman Soldier (uncredited) W Witold DębickiSoldier (uncredited) W Wojciech DuryaszSoldier with Kettle (uncredited) S Stefan FriedmannSoldier without a Helmet (uncredited) P Piotr FronczewskiPvt. Mieczysław Krzak (uncredited) J Józef FryźlewiczSoldier (uncredited) M Michał GazdaSoldier (uncredited) M Marian GlinkaWounded Soldier (uncredited) A Andrzej GrąziewiczGerman Soldier (uncredited) L Lech GrzmocińskiGerman Soldier Disarming Sucharski (uncredited) A Andrzej JurczakGuard (uncredited) M Mieczysław KalenikSoldier (uncredited) E Eugeniusz KamińskiSoldier (uncredited) J Janusz KubickiGerman Officer (uncredited) B Bogdan ŁysakowskiSoldier (uncredited) S Stanisław MichalskiSleeping Soldier (uncredited) K Klemens MielczarekMate Chrzanowski (uncredited) L Leopold Rene NowakSoldier returning from Guard Duty (uncredited) M Marian OpaniaSoldier stacking Sandbags (uncredited) L Lech OrdonCook (uncredited) W Włodzimierz PressSoldier playing Checkers (uncredited) S Sylwester PrzedwojewskiSoldier playing Checkers (uncredited) R Ryszard RonczewskiSoldier (uncredited) B Bogusław SochnackiTelephone Central Operator (uncredited) M Michał SzewczykDissident Soldier (uncredited) S Stefan SzmidtSoldier (uncredited) L Lech WojciechowskiCorporal (uncredited)