Westerplatte Resists

Name: Westerplatte Resists
Director: Stanisław Różewicz
Released: 1967
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Zygmunt Hübner, Arkadiusz Bazak, Tadeusz Schmidt, Józef Nowak, Tadeusz Plucinski

1967 · 91 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 578 VOTES · DIR. Stanisław Różewicz

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 607 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:39 Westerplatte. A peninsula at the entry to Gdansk Harbour.

00:04:14 Nothing's changed. It's still in customs. We can't get it out.

00:06:57 Did you hear that, Baran?

00:08:48 But Szamlewski and The Fort post are there.

00:12:23 -No war. No booze. -Then let's shoot.

00:16:26 Lopatniuk called to say we should close the position.

00:19:56 Wait.

00:25:33 Sight 6,40!

00:31:49 -Four or five days? -Four.

00:36:24 Every day makes our situation more difficult.

00:38:57 Is that all?

00:43:00 Terrible transmission. Only shreds of a communique from Warsaw.

00:46:44 Where are you running to?

00:51:10 There is one I like. I'll get her when I make some money.

00:52:48 I'm just a peasant too.

00:56:52 Stop shooting! You've got too many cartridges?

01:00:04 Today England and France have joined the war.

01:02:11 They would never fogive us.

01:04:54 Thank you, but no. The Germans are patrolling the sea.

01:11:18 Major, Sir. Sergeant Gawlicki at your orders.

01:16:30 Rygielski is asking for HMG ammo.

01:19:47 Wake up, man!

01:25:00 Lieutenant!

01:29:47 He's asking what has compelled us to surrender whether it was their last assault.

Cast & Characters

Zygmunt Hübner Maj. Henryk Sucharski Arkadiusz Bazak Capt. Franciszek Dabrowski Tadeusz Schmidt Ens. Jan Gryczman Józef Nowak Cpl. Piotr Buder Tadeusz Plucinski Cpl. Bronislaw Grudzinski Bogusz Bilewski Capt. Mieczyslaw Slaby, Medical Officer Bohdan Ejmont PO2 Bernard Rygielski Mariusz Gorczynski Pvt. Jan Czywil Zbigniew Józefowicz Sgt. Kazimierz Rasinski, Radio Operator Jerzy Kaczmarek Cpl. Wladyslaw Baran

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed607

Dialogue density6.7 lines / min

First line00:01:39

Final line01:29:47

Production Record

DirectorStanisław Różewicz

LanguagePolish

IMDb votes578