Defenders of Riga
5.7 / 10
118 minutes
2007-01-01
Latvian
EE
Actors :
Jānis Reinis, Elita Kļaviņa, Ģirts Krūmiņš, Romualds Ancans, Vilis Daudziņš, Andris Keišs, Artūrs Skrastiņš, Kęstutis Jakštas, Ģirts Ķesteris, Inara Slucka, Indra Briķe, Uldis Dumpis, Agris Māsēns, Peteris Gaudins, Sigita Jevglevska
Description
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.