The Devil's Servants (1970)

Original title

Vella kalpi

Directed by

Aleksandrs Leimanis

Genre

comedy film, romance film, historical film, satanic film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

+6

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set during the Polish-Swedish war in the 1620s, three mercenaries try to stop the city of Riga from surrendering to the Swedish army.

lightheartedfast-pacedadventurousquirkynostalgicplayfulunderdog spirit

What happens

The Devil's Servants (Latvian: Vella kalpi, Russian: Слуги дьявола, romanized: Slugy dyavola) is a 1970 action comedy film produced and distributed by Riga Film Studio. It was written and directed by Aleksandrs Leimanis during the time Latvia was part of the Soviet Union. In 1972, Riga Film Studio released a sequel to this film named The Devil's Servants at the Devil's Mill (Vella kalpi Vella dzirnavās). The film's setting is the Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625). A trio of mercenaries attempt to prevent the surrender of the city of Riga to the Swedish Army. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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