
Peter von Bagh
Known for Directing · 18 credits
- Born
- 1943-08-29
- Died
- 2014-09-17
- Place of birth
- Helsinki, Finland
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (17)

Drifting Clouds
1996
as First Customer

The Man Without a Past
2002
as Salvation Army Officer

Juha
1999
as Juha's Father

The Dinosaur
2021
as Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009
as Self

Conversations Between Men
2013
as Haastattelija

Helsinki, Forever
2008
as Narrator (voice)

Mondo Finlandia
1970
as Himself

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki
1991
as Self

Aki Kaurismäki
2001
as Self

Kreivi
1971
as kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla

Temples of Dreams
2015
as Self
Olavi Virta
1972
as Himself / Interviewer (voice)

Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
2011
as Narrator
Peter von Bagh
2016
as Self

Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
2011
as Reader

Aki and Peter
2018
as Himself
About Peter von Bagh
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 retrosp… With 18 credits spanning from 1970 to 2021, Peter von Bagh has appeared in 17 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Peter von Bagh Movies
- Drifting Clouds (1996) — as First Customer
- The Man Without a Past (2002) — as Salvation Army Officer
- Juha (1999) — as Juha's Father
- The Dinosaur (2021) — as Self (archive footage)
- On the Trail of the New Wave (2009) — as Self
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