Defenders of Riga

(2007)

★ 5.6 IMDb · 22 votes

Genres: Action, Drama, History, War

Year: 2007

Runtime: 118 мин

Country: Estonia, Latvia

Director: Aigars Grauba

Cast: Jānis Reinis, Elita Kļaviņa, Ģirts Krūmiņš, Ромуалдс Анцанс, Vilis Daudziņš, Андрис Кейшс, Artūrs Skrastiņš, Kęstutis Jakštas, Ģirts Ķesteris, Инара Слуцка

Plot

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.