Defenders of Riga

2007

118 min

5.9

Ends at

The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of them inexperienced volunteers, somehow managed to defeat a larger, better-armed force of German and Russian mercenaries.

Budget

$3,550,000

Genre

Action, Drama, History, War

Director

Aigars Grauba

Country

Estonia

Cast & Crew

Jānis Reinis

Elita Kļaviņa

Ģirts Krūmiņš

Romualds Ancans

Vilis Daudziņš

Andris Keišs

Artūrs Skrastiņš

Kęstutis Jakštas

Ģirts Ķesteris

Inara Slucka

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Defenders of Riga

The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of them inexperienced volunteers, somehow managed to defeat a larger, better-armed force of German and Russian mercenaries.

  • Jānis Reinis

  • Elita Kļaviņa

  • Ģirts Krūmiņš

  • Romualds Ancans

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