The Kidnapping of a President

This satirical true-crime black comedy, set in 1930s Finland, revisits a little-known chapter in history. Based on real events, the film tells the absurd and comical story of a group of Finnish military officers who, after a night of drinking in October 1930, decided to kidnap Finland’s first – and already retired – president, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg. Their plan quickly went awry, as they had to bring along the president’s stubborn wife, Ester.