Comedy ·Drama ·History · Finland · 2026 · 1h 27m

The Kidnapping of a President

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Director
Samuli Valkama
Cast
Pertti Sveholm as President Ståhlberg Riitta Havukainen as Ester Ståhlberg Jussi Vatanen as Jaeger colonel Eero Kuussaari Aku Sipola as Colonel Kurt Wallenius Pääru Oja as Colonel Viklund Akseli Kouki as Colonel Inkala
Crew
Samuli Valkama — Writer John Lundsten — Writer John Lundsten — Producer Melli Maikkula — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
dark comedybased on true storylapua movement
Key Collaborators
Samuli Valkama Director Samuli Valkama Writer John Lundsten Writer John Lundsten Producer Melli Maikkula Producer
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