Peter von Bagh
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 29, 1943, Helsinki, Finland
- Died
- September 17, 2014
- Movies
- 42
Kari Peter Conrad von Bagh (August 29, 1943 – September 17, 2014) was a Finnish film historian and director. Von Bagh worked as the head of the Finnish Film Archive, editor-in-chief of Filmihullu magazine and co-founder and director of the Midnight Sun Film Festival. From 2001, he was the artistic director of the film festival Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna. Von Bagh was a member of the jury in the competition category of 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
Films directed by Bagh have been screened at prestigious international forums, including retrospectives of his filmography at the 2012 Rotterdam International Film Festival, the 2012 Festival Internacional de Cine Independente in Buenos Aires, and the Tromsø International Film Festival in 2013.
Bagh's wrote approximately 40 non-fiction books, mostly on cinema, and some 60 films for both the cinemas and television include his internationally successful films Helsinki, Forever (2008) and Sodankylä, Forever (2010–2011), a documentary series of the first twenty-five years of the Midnight Sun Film Festival.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2021 | The Dinosaur | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Aki and Peter | Himself |
| 2016 | Peter von Bagh | Self |
| 2015 | Temples of Dreams | Self |
| 2013 | Conversations Between Men | Haastattelija |
| 2011 | Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina | Narrator |
| 2011 | Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family | Reader |
| 2009 | On the Trail of the New Wave | Self |
| 2008 | Helsinki, Forever | Narrator (voice) |
| 2002 | The Man Without a Past | Salvation Army Officer |
| 2001 | Aki Kaurismäki | Self |
| 1999 | Juha | Juha's Father |
| 1996 | Drifting Clouds | First Customer |
| 1991 | Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki | Self |
| 1972 | Olavi Virta | Himself / Interviewer (voice) |
| 1971 | Kreivi | kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla |
| 1970 | Mondo Finlandia | Himself |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2017 | Lauluja utopiasta | Director |
| 2014 | Socialism | Director |
| 2013 | Remembrance | Director, Writer |
| 2011 | Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina | Director |
| 2011 | 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero | Writer |
| 2011 | Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family | Director |
| 2010 | The Story of Mikko Niskanen | Director |
| 2008 | Helsinki, Forever | Director, Writer |
| 1994 | Man in the Shadows | Director, Writer |
| 1993 | The Year 1939 | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1992 | The Last Summer 1944 | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | A Day at Karl Marx's Grave | Director |
| 1983 | Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone | Director |
| 1980 | Tapsa - Slashes from a Rover's Life | Director, Writer |
| 1978 | Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times | Director |
| 1972 | When the Heavens Fall… | Writer |
| 1972 | Olavi Virta | Director, Screenplay |
| 1971 | Kreivi | Director, Writer |
| 1970 | Bensaa suonissa | Writer |
| 1970 | Kesäkapina | Writer |
| 1970 | Liikemiehen muotokuva | Director |
| 1969 | Time of Roses | Writer |
| 1969 | Joulukuu | Director, Writer |
| 1968 | Vanhan valtaus | Director |
| 1968 | Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth | Director, Writer |
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