Defenders of Riga

Defenders of Riga

118 mins | Drama, Action, War, History | Jan. 1, 2007

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.

Defenders of Riga

118 mins | Drama, Action, War, History | Jan. 1, 2007

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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Platforma Filma, Ruut Pictures, Valsts Kulturkapitala Fonds (VKF)
Original title Rīgas sargi
Directors Aigars Grauba
Writers Valentin Jemeljanov, Andrejs Ēķis, Aigars Grauba, Andris Kolbergs, Lisa Eichhorn

Cast

Jānis Reinis

as Mārtiņš

Elita Kļaviņa

as Elza

Ģirts Krūmiņš

as Pavel Bermondt

Romualds Ancāns

as Rüdiger von der Goltz

Vilis Daudziņš

as Paulis

Andris Keišs

as Ernests

Artūrs Skrastiņš

as Jēkabs

Kęstutis Jakštas

as President Kārlis Ulmanis

Ģirts Ķesteris

as Arnolds

Ināra Slucka

as Justīne

Indra Briķe

as Countess

Uldis Dumpis

as Pastor

Agris Māsēns

as Augusts

Pēteris Gaudiņš

as Josef Bischoff

Ivars Puga

as Jansona kungs

Pēteris Krilovs

as Andrievs Niedra