Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 1, 1967
- Original language
- Polish
- Spoken languages
- German, Polish
- Countries
- Poland
- Production
- Film Polski,Zespół Filmowy "Rytm"
- Cast
- Mieczysław Milecki,Arkadiusz Bazak,Zdzisław Mrożewski,Eugeniusz Kamiński,Kazimierz Dębicki,Bogdan Niewinowski,Bogumił Antczak,Włodzimierz Press,Stefan Szmidt,Janusz Paluszkiewiczand 49 more
- Director
- Stanisław Różewicz
- Writer
- Jan Józef Szczepański
- Cinematography
- Jerzy Wójcik
- Music
- Wojciech Kilar
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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