Defenders of Riga 2007

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Action Drama History War

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.

Release Date 2007-01-01
Runtime 1h 58m
Directors Aigars Grauba, Vladimir Bashta, Pavel Rejholec, Gvido Skulte
Producers Guna Stahovska, Lisa Eichhorn, Andrejs Ēķis, Brigita Rozenbrika
Writers Valentin Jemeljanov, Lisa Eichhorn, Aigars Grauba, Andrejs Ēķis, Andris Kolbergs