2007
5.7 (20 votes)
1h 58m
Genres
Action
Drama
History
War
Production Companies
Platforma Filma
Ruut
Ruut
Defenders of Riga (Rīgas sargi)
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.
Key Crew
Director: Aigars Grauba
Director of Photography: Vladimir Bashta, Gvido Skulte
Writer: Lisa Eichhorn, Valentin Jemeljanov, Andrejs Ēķis, Aigars Grauba
Producer: Lisa Eichhorn, Andrejs Ēķis, Brigita Rozenbrika
Story: Andris Kolbergs
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
Videos
Defenders of Riga trailer
