The Kidnapping of a President

Name: The Kidnapping of a President
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 2026-09-04
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Jussi Vatanen, Aku Sipola, Pertti Sveholm, Riitta Havukainen, Elias Salonen

Presidentin kyyditys (2026)

1:27 (87 min)

Comedy, Drama, History

Finland, Czech Republic, Estonia, Netherlands

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Production

TACK Films, Bionaut, Labyrint Film (NL)

Release date

4 September 2026

Budget

$3 163 000

Director

Samuli Valkama

Scenario

Samuli Valkama

Composer

Juho Nurmela

Producer

John Lundsten

All team (26)

Actors

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

All actors and roles (10)

Short description

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.