Westerplatte

Sep 1 1967 TV-14 1h 36m
Drama, War

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. 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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Jan Józef Szczepanski

Directed by

Stanislaw Rózewicz

Cast

Zygmunt Hübner, Arkadiusz Bazak, Tadeusz Schmidt

Crew

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Production Countries

Poland

Production Companies

Film Polski

Languages

Polski, Deutsch

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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578
Average Rating
7 out of 10
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