1967

1h 31m

6.8(9 votes)

War

Drama

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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59 members

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Zygmunt Hübner

Maj. Henryk Sucharski

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Arkadiusz Bazak

Capt. Franciszek Dąbrowski

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Tadeusz Schmidt

Ens. Jan Gryczman

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Józef Nowak

Cpl. Piotr Buder

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Tadeusz Pluciński

Cpl. Bronisław Grudziński

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Bogusz Bilewski

Capt. Mieczysław Słaby, Medical Officer

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Bohdan Ejmont

Mate Bernard Rygielski

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Mariusz Gorczyński

Pvt. Jan Czywil

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Zbigniew Józefowicz

Sgt. Kazimierz Rasiński, Radio Operator

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Jerzy Kaczmarek

Cpl. Władysław Baran

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Andrzej Kozak

Pvt. Eugeniusz Aniołek

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Andrzej Krasicki

Col. Karl Henke

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Adam Kwiatkowski

Cpl. Władysław Domoń

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Józef Łodyński

Sgt. Wojciech Najsarek, Station-Master

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Mieczysław Milecki

Lt. Stefan Grodecki

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Janusz Mirczewski

Pvt. Antoni Ozorowski

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Jerzy Molga

Cpl. Eugeniusz Grabowski

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Zdzisław Mrożewski

Lt. Col. Wincenty Sobociński

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Józef Nalberczak

Cpl. Edmund Szamlewski

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Bogdan Niewinowski

Lt. Leon Pająk

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Stanisław Niwiński

Pvt. Jan Połeć

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Janusz Paluszkiewicz

Sgt. Leonard Piotrowski, Warehouse Manager

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Ryszard Piekarski

Corporal

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Bolesław Płotnicki

Medic Karol Szwedowski

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Marian Rułka

Soldier

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Mieczysław Stoor

Cpl. Adolf Petzelt

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Zdzisław Szymański

Sgt. Michał Gawlicki

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Jerzy Trojan

Soldier Bringing an Order to Surrender

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Roman Wilhelmi

Mate Franciszek Bartoszak

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Andrzej Wykrętowicz

Soldier

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Andrzej Zaorski

Lt. Kręglicki

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Bogumił Antczak

Guard (uncredited)

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Kazimierz Dębicki

German Soldier (uncredited)

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Witold Dębicki

Soldier (uncredited)

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Wojciech Duryasz

Soldier with Kettle (uncredited)

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Stefan Friedmann

Soldier without a Helmet (uncredited)

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Piotr Fronczewski

Pvt. Mieczysław Krzak (uncredited)

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Józef Fryźlewicz

Soldier (uncredited)

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Michał Gazda

Soldier (uncredited)

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Marian Glinka

Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

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Andrzej Grąziewicz

German Soldier (uncredited)

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Lech Grzmociński

German Soldier Disarming Sucharski (uncredited)

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Andrzej Jurczak

Guard (uncredited)

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Mieczysław Kalenik

Soldier (uncredited)

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Eugeniusz Kamiński

Soldier (uncredited)

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Janusz Kubicki

German Officer (uncredited)

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Bogdan Łysakowski

Soldier (uncredited)

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Stanisław Michalski

Sleeping Soldier (uncredited)

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Klemens Mielczarek

Mate Chrzanowski (uncredited)

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Leopold Rene Nowak

Soldier returning from Guard Duty (uncredited)

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Marian Opania

Soldier stacking Sandbags (uncredited)

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Lech Ordon

Cook (uncredited)

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Włodzimierz Press

Soldier playing Checkers (uncredited)

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Sylwester Przedwojewski

Soldier playing Checkers (uncredited)

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Ryszard Ronczewski

Soldier (uncredited)

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Bogusław Sochnacki

Telephone Central Operator (uncredited)

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Michał Szewczyk

Dissident Soldier (uncredited)

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Stefan Szmidt

Soldier (uncredited)

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Lech Wojciechowski

Corporal (uncredited)

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