Westerplatte is a small peninsula at the entry to the Gdansk Harbour. Before World War II, it functioned as a Polish ammunition depot in the Free City of Danzig/Gdansk. 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. It was the first obstacle to Hitler's predatory march across Europe. The first shots of World War II were fired here. This film tells the story of Westerplatte's courageous defenders.
Credits
Westerplatte Resists Cast
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Character |
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Bogusz Bilewski
He was 36, 64 years old when he died
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as Capt. Mieczyslaw Slaby, Medical Officer |
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Mariusz Gorczyński
He was 34, 56 years old when he died
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as Pvt. Jan Czywil |
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Arkadiusz Bazak
He was 28, now 85 years old
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as Dabrowski |
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Andrzej Krasicki
He was 48, 76 years old when he died
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as Col. Karl Henke |
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Józef Nalberczak
He was 41, 66 years old when he died
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as Cpl. Edmund Szamlewski |
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Józef Łodyński
He was 47, 64 years old when he died
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as Sgt. Wojciech Najsarek, Station-Master |
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Andrzej Kozak
He was 32, now 90 years old
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as Pvt. Eugeniusz Aniolek |
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Zbigniew Józefowicz
He was 42, 90 years old when he died
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as Sgt. Kazimierz Rasinski, Radio Operator |
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Bohdan Ejmont
He was 39, 82 years old when he died
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as Mate Bernard Rygielski |
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Jerzy Kaczmarek
He was 19, now 76 years old
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as Cpl. Wladyslaw Baran |
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Stanisław Niwiński
He was 35, 69 years old when he died
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as Pvt. Jan |
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Józef Nowak
He was 42, 58 years old when he died
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as Buder |
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Mieczysław Milecki
He was 59, 80 years old when he died
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as Lt. Stefan Grodecki |
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Jerzy Molga
He was 34, now 91 years old
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as Cpl. Eugeniusz Grabowski |
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Zdzisław Mrożewski
He was 58, 93 years old when he died
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as Lt. Col. Wincenty Sobocinski |
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Adam Kwiatkowski
He was 5, now 51 years old
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as Cpl. Wladyslaw Domon |
Westerplatte Resists Crew
