The Kidnapping of a President

The Kidnapping of a President (2026)

Radar 11Slightly unusual1h 27mComedy · Drama · History

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A quieter title still finding its audience, though the rating rests on a thin sample, so treat it as provisional, not yet released.

Synopsis

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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