Secret of Westerplatte

Not every war has heroes of this kind. On 1 September 1939, in a place called Westerplatte, the first shots of the World War II were fired from the vessel Schleswig-Holstein. A group of 200 heroic soldiers managed to resist efficiently Hitler’s army of several thousand men. They did not surrender, although they knew that their fight was becoming a suicide mission. Despite the enemy’s preponderance, they were defending the Polish transit depot for seven days. “Secret of Westerplatte ” is a war drama about people who found themselves in an extremely difficult situation. It is a story of two commanders and their soldiers for whom the word ‘heroism’ had utterly different meanings. What takes more courage – to fight till the end or to save lives of your soldiers and give in to the crushing force of the enemy?

Written by: Paweł Chochlew

Director of photography: Waldemar Szmidt

Music by: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

Production design by: Marian Zawalińki, Augis Kepezinskas based on projects by Allan Starski

Sound: Paweł Derentowicz, Łukasz Rybak, Aleksander Musiałowski

Editing: Marek Król

Costume design by: Andrzej Szenajch, Hanna Ćwikło

Make-up: Dariusz Krysiak, Janina Dybowska-Person

Cast: Michał Żebrowski, Robert Żołędziewski, Mirosław Baka, Mirosław Zbrojewicz

Production managers: Leszek Baca, Rafał Kozakiewicz

Produced by: Pleograf

Producers: Jacek Lipski, Jacek Samojłowicz

Co-produced by: AG Group, Baltic Film Group, Consus, Lightcraft, Papryka i synowie, Pay Studio, Documentary and Feature Film Production Company

Executive producer: Film Media

Distributed by: ITI Cinema

World sales: Film Media