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 Westerplat...
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Zygmunt HübnerMaj. Henryk Sucharski
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Arkadiusz BazakCapt. Franciszek Dąbrowski
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Tadeusz SchmidtEns. Jan Gryczman
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Józef NowakCpl. Piotr Buder
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Tadeusz PlucińskiCpl. Bronisław Grudziński
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Bogusz BilewskiCapt. Mieczysław Słaby, Medical Officer
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Bohdan EjmontMate Bernard Rygielski
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Mariusz GorczyńskiPvt. Jan Czywil
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Zbigniew JózefowiczSgt. Kazimierz Rasiński, Radio Operator
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Jerzy KaczmarekCpl. Władysław Baran
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Andrzej KozakPvt. Eugeniusz Aniołek
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Andrzej KrasickiCol. Karl Henke
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Adam KwiatkowskiCpl. Władysław Domoń
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Józef ŁodyńskiSgt. Wojciech Najsarek, Station-Master
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Mieczysław MileckiLt. Stefan Grodecki
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Janusz MirczewskiPvt. Antoni Ozorowski
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Jerzy MolgaCpl. Eugeniusz Grabowski
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Zdzisław MrożewskiLt. Col. Wincenty Sobociński
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Józef NalberczakCpl. Edmund Szamlewski
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Bogdan NiewinowskiLt. Leon Pająk
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Stanisław NiwińskiPvt. Jan Połeć
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Janusz PaluszkiewiczSgt. Leonard Piotrowski, Warehouse Manager
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Ryszard PiekarskiCorporal
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Bolesław PłotnickiMedic Karol Szwedowski
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Marian RułkaSoldier
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Mieczysław StoorCpl. Adolf Petzelt
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Zdzisław SzymańskiSgt. Michał Gawlicki
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Jerzy TrojanSoldier Bringing an Order to Surrender
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Roman WilhelmiMate Franciszek Bartoszak
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Andrzej WykrętowiczSoldier
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Andrzej ZaorskiLt. Kręglicki
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Bogumił AntczakGuard (uncredited)
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Kazimierz DębickiGerman Soldier (uncredited)
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Witold DębickiSoldier (uncredited)
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Wojciech DuryaszSoldier with Kettle (uncredited)
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Stefan FriedmannSoldier without a Helmet (uncredited)
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Piotr FronczewskiPvt. Mieczysław Krzak (uncredited)