1939 Battle of Westerplatte

1939 Battle of Westerplatte pl Tajemnica Westerplatte Tajemnica Westerplatte poster.jpg Polish theatrical poster Paweł Chochlew Robert Żołędziewski pl Michał Żebrowski Jan A.P. Kaczmarek 2013 02 15 118 minutes Poland Lithuania Polish 14 million złoty 1939 Battle of Westerplatte, originally titled in Poland as Tajemnica Westerplatte ("The Secret of Westerplatte"), is a 2013 Polish-Lithuanian war film written and directed by Paweł Chochlew. It portrays the Battle of Westerplatte between the Polish Army and Nazi German forces at the start of World War II in 1939. The film focuses on the conflict between Westerplatte commander Henryk Sucharski (Michał Żebrowski) and his deputy Franciszek Dąbrowski (Robert Żołędziewski).http://www.pisf.pl/en/polish-films/films-from-a-to-z/tajemnica-westerplatte PISF. Polish Film Institute - The Secret of Westerplatte (Tajemnica Westerplatte) Pisf.pl 2015-03-16 2015-04-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101014/http://www.pisf.pl/en/polish-films/films-from-a-to-z/tajemnica-westerplatte dead Cast Michał Żebrowski − as Major Henryk Sucharski Robert Żołędziewski − as Capt. Franciszek Dąbrowski Borys Szyc − as Lieut. Stefan Grodecki Piotr Adamczyk − as Capt. Mieczysław Słaby Jan Englert − as Wincenty Sobociński Jakub Wesołowski − as Bernard Rygielski Andrzej Grabowski − as Adolf Petzelt Przemysław Cypryański − as Lieut. Zdzisław Kręgielski Mirosław Baka − as Cpl. Eugeniusz Grabowski Mirosław Zbrojewicz − as Jan Gryczman Reception The film has sparked some controversy with allegations saying it was "anti-Polish" and "unpatriotic" in its revisionist attitude to the heroic myth of the Battle of Westerplatte which became a symbol of the against-the-odds defiance to the Nazi invasion, and a group of historians even dismissed it as a false depiction of the battle that is being "offensive to the dignity and honour of Polish soldiers."http://www.stopklatka.pl/wydarzenia/wydarzenie.asp?wi=48267 "Tajemnica Westerplatte" filmem antypolskim? Stopklatka.pl 2008-08-26 2015-03-16Day Matthew https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/9877763/Uproar-as-film-questions-bravery-of-Polish-garrison-that-faced-Nazis.html Uproar as film questions bravery of Polish garrison that faced Nazis Telegraph.co.uk 2013-02-18 2015-03-16 According to The Telegraph, "while the film has garnered its detractors, cinema critics have dismissed claims that The Secret of Westerplatte belittles the soldiers who fought and died in the battle. One critic described it as a "hymn to the heroism of the defenders of Westerplatte.'" Possibly in an attempt to deflect the negative criticism, which the title word "Tajemnica" (Secret), implying as it does that the film makes revelations and runs against the long-held perception of the battle as an heroic Polish defence, publicity posters omitting the word were producedhttp://arsenal-pictures.com/ Arsenal Pictures Arsenal Pictures and at least three other versions of the title have been used. These range from the non-committal "1939 Westerplatzer Battlefield"https://www.kino.de/film/tajemnica-westerplatte-2013/ Tajemnica Westerplatte KINO and "1939 Battle of Westerplatte"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1808518/ Tajemnica Westerplatte February 15, 2013 IMDb to another version that unambiguously addresses the issue, "Heroes of Westerplatte 1939".http://www.lupusmultimedia.pl/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=38:heroes-of-westerplatte&Itemid=150&lang=en Lupus Multimedia - Heroes of Westerplatte www.lupusmultimedia.pl References Category:2013 war drama films Category:2013 films Category:Films set in Gdańsk Category:Films set in the 1930s Category:Lithuanian drama films Category:Polish historical films Category:Polish war drama films Category:2013 Polish-language films Category:World War II films based on actual events Category:Siege films Category:Films scored by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek Category:Polish World War II films Category:2010s Lithuanian films Category:Polish-language war drama films Category:2013 Polish films