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
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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
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