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The Kidnapping of a President

The Kidnapping of a President (2026)

  • Genre: Komedia · Draama · Historia
  • Country: Finland · Czechia · Estonia · Netherlands
  • Runtime: 87 min
  • Released: 2026-09-04

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.

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Starring

Pertti Sveholm
Pertti Sveholm
President Ståhlberg
 Riitta Havukainen
Riitta Havukainen
Ester Ståhlberg
 Jussi Vatanen
Jussi Vatanen
Jaeger colonel Eero Kuussaari
 Aku Sipola
Aku Sipola
Colonel Kurt Wallenius
 Pääru Oja
Pääru Oja
Colonel Viklund

About

Jussi Vatanen

Jussi Vatanen (born 30 January 1978 in Sonkajärvi) is a Finnish actor. He graduated from Theatre Academy Helsinki in 2005 and has since then worked for several Finnish theatres. He became a household name in Finland after joining the cast of a weekly sketch comedy show Putous in its second season in 2011.

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Elias Salonen

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