Westerplatte Resists
1967·Poland·96 min.
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Westerplatte - a peninsula at the entry to Gdansk Harbour. A Polish ammunition depot in the free City Gdansk. It's crew - one infantry company and a group of civilians. A total of 182 people. The only Polish guard-post at the mouth of the Vistula. Five sentries, one field cannon, two anti-armour guns, four mortars. It was the first obstacle to Hitler's predatory march across Europe. The first shots of World War II were fired here.
DirectorStanislaw Rózewicz
ScreenwriterJan Józef Szczepanski
MusicWojciech Kilar
CinematographyJerzy Woljcik
CastZygmunt Hubner·Arkadiusz Bazak·Tadeusz Schmidt·Józef Nowak·Tadeusz Plucinski·Bogusz Bilewski·Bohdan Ejmont·Mariusz Gorczynski·Zbigniew Józefowicz·Jerzy Kaczmarek·Andrzej Kozak·Andrzej Krasicki·Adam Kwiatkowski·Józef Lodynski·Mieczyslaw MileckiShow all
Original titleWesterplatte