The Kidnapping of a President

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.

Cast

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

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Markus Misukka

Eino Olin

Alex Paul Pukk

Sven Semenius

Pääru Oja

Colonel Viklund

Akseli Kouki

Colonel Inkala

Tom Rejström

Colonel Jarvinen

Elsa Saisio

Marjatta

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Mauno Terävä

Sotamies Laakkonen

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Pyry Nikkilä

Toimittaja

Karolína Růžičková

Sihteeri

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Jan Materna

Kansanedustaja Rötkö

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Kalle Kauhanen

Kansanedustaja Pekkala

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Alex Asikainen

Johtava sieppaaja

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Väinö Lehtinen

Sotamies Koistinen

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Oula Kitti

Kokki

Crew

Art

• Henrich Boráros Production Design

Camera

• Tuomo Hutri Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Kaire Hendrikson Makeup Designer
• Eugen Tamberg Costume Designer

Crew

• Franz Rodenkirchen Dramaturgy
• Leo Viirret Dramaturgy

Directing

• Samuli Valkama Director

Editing

• Tambet Tasuja Editor

Production

• John Lundsten Producer
• Melli Maikkula Producer
• Vratislav Šlajer Co-Producer
• Madis Tüür Co-Producer
• Rogier Kramer Co-Producer
• Jakub Košťál Co-Producer
• Laura Bouwmeester Co-Producer
• Mikko Tenhunen Line Producer
• Jakub Medek Line Producer
• Niki Leskinen Executive Producer
• Ari Tolppanen Executive Producer
• Erika Malmgren Executive Producer

Sound

• Vincent Sinceretti Sound Designer
• Vincent Sinceretti Sound Mixer
• Juho Nurmela Original Music Composer
• Julien Naudin Foley Artist
• Patrick Ghislain Foley Mixer

Visual Effects

• Luuk Meijer Visual Effects
• David van Heeswijk Visual Effects

Writing

• Samuli Valkama Writer
• John Lundsten Writer