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Defenders of Riga

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.

2007 |1h 58m |  Action, Drama, History, War

Videos

Cast

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Jānis Reinis

Mārtiņš

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Elita Kļaviņa

Elza

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Ģirts Krūmiņš

Pavel Bermondt

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Romualds Ancans

Rüdiger von der Goltz

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Vilis Daudziņš

Paulis

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Andris Keišs

Ernests

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Artūrs Skrastiņš

Jēkabs

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Kęstutis Jakštas

President Kārlis Ulmanis

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Ģirts Ķesteris

Arnolds

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Inara Slucka

Justīne

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Indra Briķe

Countess

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Uldis Dumpis

Pastor

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Agris Māsēns

Augusts

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Peteris Gaudins

Josef Bischoff

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Sigita Jevglevska

Māra

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Normunds Laizāns

Otto

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Leonarda Kļaviņa-Ķestere

Anna

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Ivars Puga

Jansona kungs

More Details

Status

Released

Language

Latvian, German, Russian, French, English

Budget

$3,550,000.00

Revenue

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