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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Zygmunt Hübner as Maj. Henryk Sucharski
Arkadiusz Bazak as Capt. Franciszek Dąbrowski
Tadeusz Schmidt as Ens. Jan Gryczman
Józef Nowak as Cpl. Piotr Buder
Tadeusz Pluciński as Cpl. Bronisław Grudziński
Bogusz Bilewski as Capt. Mieczysław Słaby, Medical Officer
Bohdan Ejmont as Mate Bernard Rygielski
Mariusz Gorczyński as Pvt. Jan Czywil
Zbigniew Józefowicz as Sgt. Kazimierz Rasiński, Radio Operator
Jerzy Kaczmarek as Cpl. Władysław Baran
Andrzej Kozak as Pvt. Eugeniusz Aniołek
Andrzej Krasicki as Col. Karl Henke
Adam Kwiatkowski as Cpl. Władysław Domoń
Józef Łodyński as Sgt. Wojciech Najsarek, Station-Master
Mieczysław Milecki as Lt. Stefan Grodecki
Janusz Mirczewski as Pvt. Antoni Ozorowski
Jerzy Molga as Cpl. Eugeniusz Grabowski
Zdzisław Mrożewski as Lt. Col. Wincenty Sobociński
Józef Nalberczak as Cpl. Edmund Szamlewski
Bogdan Niewinowski as Lt. Leon Pająk
Stanisław Niwiński as Pvt. Jan Połeć
Janusz Paluszkiewicz as Sgt. Leonard Piotrowski, Warehouse Manager
Ryszard Piekarski as Corporal
Bolesław Płotnicki as Medic Karol Szwedowski
Marian Rułka as Soldier
Mieczysław Stoor as Cpl. Adolf Petzelt
Zdzisław Szymański as Sgt. Michał Gawlicki
Jerzy Trojan as Soldier Bringing an Order to Surrender
Roman Wilhelmi as Mate Franciszek Bartoszak
Andrzej Wykrętowicz as Soldier
Andrzej Zaorski as Lt. Kręglicki
Bogumił Antczak as Guard (uncredited)
Kazimierz Dębicki as German Soldier (uncredited)
Witold Dębicki as Soldier (uncredited)
Wojciech Duryasz as Soldier with Kettle (uncredited)
Stefan Friedmann as Soldier without a Helmet (uncredited)
Piotr Fronczewski as Pvt. Mieczysław Krzak (uncredited)
Józef Fryźlewicz as Soldier (uncredited)
Michał Gazda as Soldier (uncredited)
Marian Glinka as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Andrzej Grąziewicz as German Soldier (uncredited)
Lech Grzmociński as German Soldier Disarming Sucharski (uncredited)
Andrzej Jurczak as Guard (uncredited)
Mieczysław Kalenik as Soldier (uncredited)
Eugeniusz Kamiński as Soldier (uncredited)
Janusz Kubicki as German Officer (uncredited)
Bogdan Łysakowski as Soldier (uncredited)
Stanisław Michalski as Sleeping Soldier (uncredited)
Klemens Mielczarek as Mate Chrzanowski (uncredited)
Leopold Rene Nowak as Soldier returning from Guard Duty (uncredited)
Marian Opania as Soldier stacking Sandbags (uncredited)
Lech Ordon as Cook (uncredited)
Włodzimierz Press as Soldier playing Checkers (uncredited)
Sylwester Przedwojewski as Soldier playing Checkers (uncredited)
Ryszard Ronczewski as Soldier (uncredited)
Bogusław Sochnacki as Telephone Central Operator (uncredited)
Michał Szewczyk as Dissident Soldier (uncredited)
Stefan Szmidt as Soldier (uncredited)
Lech Wojciechowski as Corporal (uncredited)
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