Westerplatte Resists

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.

• Stanisław RóżewiczDirector
• Jan Józef SzczepańskiScreenplay
• Wojciech KilarOriginal Music Composer

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