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20071h 58mLV

Defenders of Riga

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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.

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DirectorAigars Grauba

Keywords

world war ipost world war isoldierhistorical1920sdefenderwarfieldriga
Budget$4M

Cast

Jānis Reinis as Mārtiņš

Jānis Reinis

Mārtiņš

Elita Kļaviņa as Elza

Elita Kļaviņa

Elza

Ģirts Krūmiņš as Pavel Bermondt

Ģirts Krūmiņš

Pavel Bermondt

Romualds Ancans as Rüdiger von der Goltz

Romualds Ancans

Rüdiger von der Goltz

Vilis Daudziņš as Paulis

Vilis Daudziņš

Paulis

Andris Keišs as Ernests

Andris Keišs

Ernests

Artūrs Skrastiņš as Jēkabs

Artūrs Skrastiņš

Jēkabs

Kęstutis Jakštas as President Kārlis Ulmanis

Kęstutis Jakštas

President Kārlis Ulmanis

Ģirts Ķesteris as Arnolds

Ģirts Ķesteris

Arnolds

Inara Slucka as Justīne

Inara Slucka

Justīne