1939: Battle of Westerplatte [videorecording]
2013
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Director Pawel Chochlew's film charts the conflict between two Polish officers in charge at the Battle of Westerplatte, the first clash between Polish and German forces in WWII. At the outbreak of war in 1939, the small garrison of soldiers defending the Polish Military Transit Depot on the Westerplatte peninsula, find themselves outnumbered when the German Army mount a surprise attack. Resisting heroically for 12 days against overwhelming odds, Major Henryk Sucharski (Michal Zebrowski) soon finds himself facing a dilemma: follow the romantic wishes of his superior officer Captain Francis Dabrowski (Robert Zoledziewski) and vow to fight on, thereby condemning his badly wounded men to die for their country; or commit the unthinkable act of surrendering themselves with honour to their German oppressors.
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1939: Battle of Westerplatte [videorecording] / producer, Andrzej Halinski; producer, Jacek Lipski; producer, Robertas Urbonas.
Author:
Chochlew, Pawel, directorKaczmarek, Jan A.P., musicZebrowski, Michal, actorZoledziewski, Robert, actorEnglert, Jan, actor
Imprint:
20th Century Studios, 2013.
Collation:
1 videodisc (118 min.) : col.
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus.Made in 2013.Based on Real Events.Credits: music, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek; cinematographer, Algimantas Mikutenas; cinematographer, Waldemar Szmidt.DVDN.Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Languages (Polish), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English).Credits: director, Pawel Chochlew; writer, Pawel Chochlew; music, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek; cinematographer, Algimantas Mikutenas; cinematographer, Waldemar Szmidt.
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Cast: Cast: Michal Zebrowski, Robert Zoledziewski, Jan Englert, Piotr Adamczyk, Borys Szyc, Przemyslaw Cypryanski, Miroslaw Zbrojewicz, Marcin Krawczyk, Kazimierz Mazur, Jakub Wesolowski.
Audience:
BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
PolishEnglish
BRN:
889000
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