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Known For
Directing
Birthday
August 29, 1943
Died
September 17, 2014
Place of Birth
Helsinki, Finland
Peter von Bagh
0.2 Popularity
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
5.8
Self (archive footage)
The Dinosaur
2021
7.0
Himself
Aki and Peter
2018
🎬
6.0
Self
Peter von Bagh
2016
6.8
Self
Temples of Dreams
2015
0.0
Haastattelija
Conversations Between Men
2013
0.0
Narrator
Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
2011
7.0
Reader
Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
2011
0.0
Self
Sodankylä Forever
2010
6.4
Self - Narrator
Sodankylä Forever
2010
🎬
0.0
Self
On the Trail of the New Wave
2009
Credits
The Dinosaur
as Self (archive footage)
2021
5.8
Aki and Peter
as Himself
2018
7.0
🎬
Peter von Bagh
as Self
2016
6.0
Temples of Dreams
as Self
2015
6.8
Conversations Between Men
as Haastattelija
2013
0.0
Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
as Narrator
2011
0.0
Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
as Reader
2011
7.0
Sodankylä Forever
as Self
2010
0.0
Sodankylä Forever
as Self - Narrator
2010
6.4
🎬
On the Trail of the New Wave
as Self
2009
0.0
Helsinki, Forever
as Narrator (voice)
2008
6.8
The Man Without a Past
as Salvation Army Officer
2002
7.4
Aki Kaurismäki
2001
5.7
Juha
as Juha's Father
1999
6.7
Drifting Clouds
as First Customer
1996
7.6
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki
as Self
1991
0.0
🎬
Olavi Virta
as Himself / Interviewer (voice)
1972
6.0
Kreivi
as kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla
1971
3.9
Mondo Finlandia
as Himself
1970
5.5