Westerplatte (film)

Westerplatte
Directed by	Stanisław Różewicz
Written by	Jan Józef Szczepański
Starring	Zygmunt Hübner, Arkadiusz Bazak
Cinematography	Jerzy Wójcik
Music by	Wojciech Kilar
Release date	1 September 1967 (1967-09-01)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Poland
Language	Polish

Westerplatte or Westerplatte Resists (Pl. Westerplatte broni się nadal)^[1] is a 1967 Polish historical film directed by Stanisław Różewicz. It was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize.^[2]

The story is based upon the Battle of Westerplatte in September 1939.

Cast

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 Slaby, Medical Officer
Bohdan Ejmont as Mate Bernard Rygielski
Mariusz Gorczynski 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
Adam Kwiatkowski as Cpl. Władysław Domoń
Józef Lodynski as Sgt. Wojciech Najsarek, Station-Master
Mieczyslaw Milecki as Lt. Stefan Grodecki
Janusz Mirczewski as Cpl. Franciszek Magdziarz

References

^ New York Times
^ "5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967)". MIFF. Retrieved 2012-12-09.

External links

Westerplatte at IMDb

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