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.
Directing | Stanisław Różewicz | Director |
Sound | Wojciech Kilar | Original Music Composer |
Editing | Lidia Pacewicz | Editor |
Camera | Jerzy Wójcik | Director of Photography |
Writing | Jan Józef Szczepański | Screenplay |
Directing | Sylwester Szyszko | Assistant Director |
Directing | Halina Lachowicz | Assistant Director |
Directing | Eugenia Jaśkiewicz | Assistant Director |
Camera | Mieczysław Verocsy | Camera Operator |
Camera | Eugeniusz Gawrysiak | Assistant Camera |
Camera | Aleksy Krywsza | Assistant Camera |
Camera | Stefan Pindelski | Assistant Camera |
Art | Tadeusz Wybult | Production Design |
Art | Wojciech Krysztofiak | Production Design |
Art | Ryszard Potocki | Assistant Production Design |
Art | Felicja Blaszynska | Assistant Production Design |
Art | Ignacy Gaworkiewicz | Assistant Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Marian Kołodziej | Costume Design |
Art | Danuta Polis | Assistant Production Design |
Sound | Konrad Bryzek | Conductor |
Sound | Jan Czerwiński | Sound |
Sound | Jerzy Szczecinski | Sound Assistant |
Editing | Barbara Krzyczmonik | Assistant Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Irena Kosecka | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Janina Sękowska | Assistant Makeup Artist |
Crew | Zbigniew Flisowski | Documentation & Support |
Crew | Michał Gawlicki | Documentation & Support |
Crew | Stefan Grodecki | Documentation & Support |
Crew | Leonard Piotrowski | Documentation & Support |
Production | Włodzimierz Śliwiński | Production Manager |
Production | Helena Nowicka | Assistant Production Manager |
Production | Stanislaw Moroszkiewicz | Assistant Production Manager |
Production | Mieczysław Adler | Assistant Production Manager |