Defenders of Riga

Directed by Aigars Grauba

Produced by Platforma Filma, Ruut

A historical war drama centered on an underdog struggle for national independence, balancing the grim realities of combat with the hope of a fledgling nation's survival.

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.