''Westerplatte'' or ''Westerplatte Resists'' (Pl. ''Westerplatte broni się nadal'')New York Times
/ref> is a 1967 Polish

historical film A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swa ...

directed by

Stanisław Różewicz Stanisław Roch Różewicz (16 August 1924 – 9 November 2008) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He directed 26 films between 1947 and 1989. His 1967 film ''Westerplatte'' was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Fest ...

. It was entered into the

5th Moscow International Film Festival The 5th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 5 to 20 July 1967. The Grand Prix was shared between the Soviet film '' The Journalist'', directed by Sergei Gerasimov and the Hungarian film ''Father'', directed by István Szabó. The fe ...

where it won a Silver Prize. The story is based upon the

Battle of Westerplatte The Battle of Westerplatte was the first battle of the German invasion of Poland, marking the start of World War II in Europe. It occurred on the Westerplatte peninsula in the harbour of the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). In the ...

in September 1939.

Cast

* Zygmunt Hübner as Maj. Henryk Sucharski * Arkadiusz Bazak as Capt.

Franciszek Dąbrowski Franciszek Dąbrowski (17 April 1904 in Budapest - 24 April 1962 in Kraków) was an officer of the Polish Navy during the Invasion of Poland in 1939. Life In September 1939, he served at Westerplatte military transit depot, which took part in ...

* 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 Bohdan Ejmont (18 January 1928 – 28 February 2010) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1950 and 2002. Selected filmography * ''Shadow'' (1956) * '' Three Steps on Earth'' (1965) * ''Westerpla ...

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

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* 1967 films 1960s historical drama films 1960s war drama films Polish historical drama films Polish war drama films 1960s Polish-language films World War II films based on actual events Siege films 1967 drama films Polish World War II films Films scored by Wojciech Kilar {{Poland-film-stub