Defenders of Riga

Synopsis

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.

Top cast

Jānis Reinis

Mārtiņš

Elita Kļaviņa

Elza

Ģirts Krūmiņš

Pavel Bermondt

Romualds Ancans

Rüdiger von der Goltz

Vilis Daudziņš

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