The Kidnapping of a President
2026•1h 27m•Released
ComedyDramaHistory
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
Writer
Samuli Valkama, John Lundsten
Budget
$3M
Languages
Finnish
Studio
TACK Films
Cast
Pertti Sveholm
President Ståhlberg
Riitta Havukainen
Ester Ståhlberg
Jussi Vatanen
Jaeger colonel Eero Kuussaari
Aku Sipola
Colonel Kurt Wallenius
Pääru Oja
Colonel Viklund
Akseli Kouki
Colonel Inkala
Tom Rejström
Colonel Jarvinen
Elias Salonen
Jukka Janné
Alvari Stenbäck
Erkki Varoma
Alex Paul Pukk
Sven Semenius
Markus Misukka
Eino Olin
Elsa Saisio
Marjatta
Production
Company
TACK Films
Company
Bionaut
Company
Labyrint Film
Company
Münchhausen Films
Producer
John Lundsten
Producer
Melli Maikkula
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