The Kidnapping of a President (2026)
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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.
- Date of release
- 2026-09-04
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, History
- Director
- Samuli Valkama
Casting
- Jussi Vatanen — Jaeger colonel Eero Kuussaari
- Aku Sipola — Colonel Kurt Wallenius
- Pertti Sveholm — President Ståhlberg
- Riitta Havukainen — Ester Ståhlberg
- Elias Salonen — Jukka Janné
- Alvari Stenbäck — Erkki Varoma
- Markus Misukka — Eino Olin
- Alex Paul Pukk — Sven Semenius
- Pääru Oja — Colonel Viklund
- Akseli Kouki — Colonel Inkala
- Tom Rejström — Colonel Jarvinen
- Elsa Saisio — Marjatta
Interesting facts
The Kidnapping of a President is a 2026 Finnish comedy-drama film directed by Samuli Valkama. The film is about the 1930 kidnapping of Finnish president Ståhlberg. In the film, K. J. Ståhlberg and his wife Ester are played by Pertti Sveholm and Riitta Havukainen.
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