The Kidnapping of a President

Name: The Kidnapping of a President
Director: Samuli Valkama
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 2026-09-04
Duration: 87 min
Cast: Jussi Vatanen, Aku Sipola, Pertti Sveholm, Riitta Havukainen, Elias Salonen

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2026 · 87 min · Comedy · Drama · History · TMDB 6.5/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Samuli Valkama

Cast

Jussi Vatanen — Jaeger colonel Eero Kuussaari
Aku Sipola — Colonel Kurt Wallenius
Pertti Sveholm — President Ståhlberg
Riitta Havukainen — Ester Ståhlberg
Elias Salonen — Jukka Janné