Defenders of Riga (2007)
Action · Drama · History · War
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.
Cast
- Jānis Reinis as Mārtiņš
- Elita Kļaviņa as Elza
- Ģirts Krūmiņš as Pavel Bermondt
- Romualds Ancans as Rüdiger von der Goltz
- Vilis Daudziņš as Paulis
- Andris Keišs as Ernests
- Artūrs Skrastiņš as Jēkabs
- Kęstutis Jakštas as President Kārlis Ulmanis
- Ģirts Ķesteris as Arnolds
- Inara Slucka as Justīne