Rita

Drama, War

🏆 Fan Favorite

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Ada Neretniece

Status Released

Release Date 1958-01-06

Storyline

The last summer of World War II in a Latvian fishing village. Ten-year-old Rita risks her life to care for and provide everything necessary for four prisoners of war rescued by fishermen—a Frenchman, a Russian, and two Latvians—who are hidden in the attic of a school converted into a warehouse by the German army.