Defenders of Riga

Overview

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.

Directed by Aigars Grauba

Top cast

Jānis Reinis

Mārtiņš

Elita Kļaviņa

Elza

Ģirts Krūmiņš

Pavel Bermondt

Romualds Ancans

Rüdiger von der Goltz

Vilis Daudziņš

Paulis

Andris Keišs

Ernests

Artūrs Skrastiņš

Jēkabs

Kęstutis Jakštas

President Kārlis Ulmanis

Ģirts Ķesteris

Arnolds

Inara Slucka

Justīne

Indra Briķe

Countess

Uldis Dumpis

Pastor

Agris Māsēns

Augusts

Peteris Gaudins

Josef Bischoff

Sigita Jevglevska

Māra

Normunds Laizāns

Otto

Leonarda Kļaviņa-Ķestere

Anna

Ivars Puga

Jansona kungs

Pēteris Krilovs

Andrievs Niedra

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