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
as Maj. Henryk Sucharski
Arkadiusz Bazak
as Capt. Franciszek Dąbrowski
Tadeusz Schmidt
as Ens. Jan Gryczman
Józef Nowak
as Cpl. Piotr Buder
Tadeusz Pluciński
as Cpl. Bronisław Grudziński
Bogusz Bilewski
as Capt. Mieczysław Słaby, Medical Officer
Bohdan Ejmont
as Mate Bernard Rygielski
Mariusz Gorczyński
as Pvt. Jan Czywil
Zbigniew Józefowicz
as Sgt. Kazimierz Rasiński, Radio Operator
Jerzy Kaczmarek
as Cpl. Władysław Baran
Andrzej Kozak
as Pvt. Eugeniusz Aniołek
Andrzej Krasicki
as Col. Karl Henke
