The Kidnapping of a President

A wry, slow-burning farce where bumbling conspirators keep tripping over their own plans while history looms behind them.

Directed by

Samuli Valkama

Genres

Comedy, Drama, History

Starring

Jussi Vatanen, Aku Sipola, Pertti Sveholm

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.

How it feels

Satirical, absurd, tense and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Politics, power, deception, betrayal

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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