The Kidnapping of a President · 2026 ·
Movie Details
Production information
12 fields
Released
2026-09-04
Runtime
87 min
Genre
Comedy, Drama, History
Director
Samuli Valkama
Writer
Samuli Valkama, John Lundsten
Country
Finland, Czech Republic, Estonia, Netherlands
Language
Finnish
Original Title
Presidentin kyyditys
Status
Released
Budget
$3,163,000
Production
TACK Films, Bionaut, Labyrint Film, Münchhausen Films
Cast
Pertti Sveholm, Riitta Havukainen, Jussi Vatanen, Aku Sipola, Pääru Oja, Akseli Kouki, Tom Rejström, Elias Salonen, Alvari Stenbäck, Alex Paul Pukk
Storyline
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.
