Westerplatte Resists

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

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