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Defenders of Riga

5.4 average rating
5.4
Latvian / 118 MIN. / 2007

The Genres

The 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.

The Cast

Jānis ReinisElita KļaviņaĢirts KrūmiņšRomualds AncansVilis DaudziņšAndris KeišsArtūrs SkrastiņšKęstutis JakštasĢirts ĶesterisInara SluckaIndra BriķeUldis DumpisAgris MāsēnsPeteris GaudinsSigita JevglevskaNormunds LaizānsLeonarda Kļaviņa-ĶestereIvars PugaPēteris Krilovs

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