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Release Date:
September 1, 1967
Original Title:
Westerplatte
Genres:
War
Production Companies:
Zespół Filmowy "Rytm"
Production Countries:
Poland
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 91
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.
Assistant Camera:
Eugeniusz Gawrysiak
Aleksy Krywsza
Stefan Pindelski
Assistant Director:
Sylwester Szyszko
Eugenia Jaśkiewicz
Halina Lachowicz
Assistant Editor:
Barbara Krzyczmonik
Assistant Makeup Artist:
Janina Sękowska
Assistant Production Design:
Ryszard Potocki
Ignacy Gaworkiewicz
Felicja Blaszynska
Danuta Polis
Assistant Production Manager:
Mieczysław Adler
Helena Nowicka
Stanislaw Moroszkiewicz
Camera Operator:
Mieczysław Verocsy
Conductor:
Konrad Bryzek
Costume Design:
Marian Kołodziej
Director:
Stanisław Różewicz
Director of Photography:
Jerzy Wójcik
Documentation & Support:
Michał Gawlicki
Leonard Piotrowski
Stefan Grodecki
Zbigniew Flisowski
Editor:
Lidia Pacewicz
Makeup Artist:
Irena Kosecka
Original Music Composer:
Wojciech Kilar
Production Design:
Tadeusz Wybult
Wojciech Krysztofiak
Production Manager:
Włodzimierz Śliwiński
Screenplay:
Jan Józef Szczepański
Sound:
Jan Czerwiński
Sound Assistant:
Jerzy Szczecinski
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