Westerplatte Resists

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.

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)

Bogusz Bilewski

(Capt. Mieczysław Słaby, Medical Officer)

Bohdan Ejmont

(Mate Bernard Rygielski)

Mariusz Gorczyński

(Pvt. Jan Czywil)

Zbigniew Józefowicz

(Sgt. Kazimierz Rasiński, Radio Operator)

Jerzy Kaczmarek

(Cpl. Władysław Baran)

Andrzej Kozak

(Pvt. Eugeniusz Aniołek)

Andrzej Krasicki

(Col. Karl Henke)

Adam Kwiatkowski

(Cpl. Władysław Domoń)

Józef Łodyński

(Sgt. Wojciech Najsarek, Station-Master)

Mieczysław Milecki

(Lt. Stefan Grodecki)

Janusz Mirczewski

(Pvt. Antoni Ozorowski)

Jerzy Molga

(Cpl. Eugeniusz Grabowski)

Zdzisław Mrożewski

(Lt. Col. Wincenty Sobociński)

Józef Nalberczak

(Cpl. Edmund Szamlewski)

Bogdan Niewinowski

(Lt. Leon Pająk)

Stanisław Niwiński

(Pvt. Jan Połeć)

Janusz Paluszkiewicz

(Sgt. Leonard Piotrowski, Warehouse Manager)

Ryszard Piekarski

(Corporal)

Bolesław Płotnicki

(Medic Karol Szwedowski)

Marian Rułka

(Soldier)

Mieczysław Stoor

(Cpl. Adolf Petzelt)

Zdzisław Szymański

(Sgt. Michał Gawlicki)

Jerzy Trojan

(Soldier Bringing an Order to Surrender)

Roman Wilhelmi

(Mate Franciszek Bartoszak)

Andrzej Wykrętowicz

(Soldier)

Andrzej Zaorski

(Lt. Kręglicki)

Bogumił Antczak

(Guard (uncredited))

Kazimierz Dębicki

(German Soldier (uncredited))

Witold Dębicki

(Soldier (uncredited))

Wojciech Duryasz

(Soldier with Kettle (uncredited))

Stefan Friedmann

(Soldier without a Helmet (uncredited))

Piotr Fronczewski

(Pvt. Mieczysław Krzak (uncredited))

Józef Fryźlewicz

(Soldier (uncredited))

Michał Gazda

(Soldier (uncredited))

Marian Glinka

(Wounded Soldier (uncredited))

Andrzej Grąziewicz

(German Soldier (uncredited))

Lech Grzmociński

(German Soldier Disarming Sucharski (uncredited))

Andrzej Jurczak

(Guard (uncredited))

Mieczysław Kalenik

(Soldier (uncredited))

Eugeniusz Kamiński

(Soldier (uncredited))

Janusz Kubicki

(German Officer (uncredited))

Bogdan Łysakowski

(Soldier (uncredited))

Stanisław Michalski

(Sleeping Soldier (uncredited))

Klemens Mielczarek

(Mate Chrzanowski (uncredited))

Leopold Rene Nowak

(Soldier returning from Guard Duty (uncredited))

Marian Opania

(Soldier stacking Sandbags (uncredited))

Lech Ordon

(Cook (uncredited))

Włodzimierz Press

(Soldier playing Checkers (uncredited))

Sylwester Przedwojewski

(Soldier playing Checkers (uncredited))

Ryszard Ronczewski

(Soldier (uncredited))

Bogusław Sochnacki

(Telephone Central Operator (uncredited))

Michał Szewczyk

(Dissident Soldier (uncredited))

Stefan Szmidt

(Soldier (uncredited))

Lech Wojciechowski

(Corporal (uncredited))