Defenders of Riga (2007)
January 1, 2007
Action, Drama, History, War
1h 58m


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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Aigars Grauba
- Mārtiņš Jānis Reinis
- Elza Elita Kļaviņa
- Pavel Bermondt Ģirts Krūmiņš
- Rüdiger von der Goltz Romualds Ancans
- Paulis Vilis Daudziņš
- Ernests Andris Keišs
- Jēkabs Artūrs Skrastiņš
- President Kārlis Ulmanis Kęstutis Jakštas
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Keywords
- world war i
- post world war i
- soldier
- historical
- 1920s
- defender
- warfield
- riga