Defenders of Riga
|Rīgas sargi
Status: Released
Runtime: 118
Release Date: 01/01/2007
Origin Language: lv
Origin Country: LV
Languages: LatvianGermanRussianFrenchEnglish
Production: Valsts Kulturkapitala Fonds (VKF)Platforma FilmaRuut
Countries: EstoniaLatvia
Budget: 3550000
Revenue: 0 (-3550000)
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.
