The Devil’s Servants (1970)

It's the midst of 30-year war, when Riga, then free-town, is fighting back both Swedish and Polish armies. City Council is thorn in doubt, as two main spiritual leaders - Head of Catholic monastery of Maria Magladena and head of Lutheran Protestant Church fight for power and influence. Regional aristocracy has their interest in Riga, too. Despite of treachery and indecision inside City Council, three of Rigas' defendants, young, brave and fierce, deliver one surprise blow after other to attackers, fall in love and happily escape sure death, despite all odds.