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Releasing September 4, 2026
Release
September 4, 2026
Runtime
1h 27m
Director
Samuli Valkama
Genres
Comedy · Drama · History
Status
Released
Starring
Pertti Sveholm, Riitta Havukainen, Jussi Vatanen, Aku Sipola, Pääru Oja
About The Kidnapping of a President
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.
Movie Details
| 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, Tom Rejström as Colonel Jarvinen, Elias Salonen as Jukka Janné, Alvari Stenbäck as Erkki Varoma, Alex Paul Pukk as Sven Semenius, Markus Misukka as Eino Olin, Elsa Saisio as Marjatta |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, History |
| Runtime | 87 min |
| Studio | TACK Films, Bionaut, Labyrint Film, Münchhausen Films |
| Country | Finland, Czech Republic, Estonia, Netherlands |
| Languages | Finnish |
| Budget | $3,163,000 |
| IMDb | View on IMDb |
