The Kidnapping of a President
2026 · 87 min · Comedy, Drama, History
In October 1930, a group of officers belonging to the Finnish army's top leadership decided, after a night of drinking, to kidnap Finland's retired first president, Ståhlberg. The Finnish people were divided in the aftermath of the civil war, and the political atmosphere was turbulent and tense. However, the kidnapping went wrong right from the start when the incompetent henchmen recruited for the job were forced to take the president's stubborn wife, Ester Ståhlberg, with them.
- Director
- Samuli Valkama
- Writers
- Samuli Valkama, John Lundsten
- Released
- September 4, 2026
- Language
- Finnish
Cast
Jussi Vatanen
Jaeger colonel Eero Kuussaari
Aku Sipola
Colonel Kurt Wallenius
Pertti Sveholm
President Ståhlberg
Riitta Havukainen
Ester Ståhlberg
Elias Salonen
Jukka Janné
Alvari Stenbäck
Erkki Varoma
Markus Misukka
Eino Olin
Alex Paul Pukk
Sven Semenius
Pääru Oja
Colonel Viklund
Akseli Kouki
Colonel Inkala
Tom Rejström
Colonel Jarvinen
Elsa Saisio
Marjatta
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