Film
Westerplatte Resists
1967Directed by Stanisław Różewicz
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
About Westerplatte Resists
- War
- Drama
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Stanisław Różewicz
- Writer
- Jan Józef Szczepański
- Original title
- Westerplatte
