Defenders of Riga (2007)

Original title

Rīgas sargi

Directed by

Aigars Grauba

Genre

war film

Country

Latvia

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

16

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of Latvian soldiers defend the city of Riga from an invading army during the 1919 War of Independence. The film follows their struggle to protect their homeland against overwhelming odds.

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What happens

Defenders of Riga (Latvian: Rīgas sargi) is a 2007 Latvian feature film directed by Aigars Grauba starring Elita Kļaviņa, Jānis Reinis, and Artūrs Skrastiņš. The film depicts the Latvian defense of Riga in November 1919 during its War of Independence. It was selected as the Latvian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 81st Academy Awards, but was not nominated. With a budget of over 2 million lats, Defenders of Riga was the most expensive Latvian film at the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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