Peter von Bagh
Directing
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
Directing25
movieLauluja utopiasta
2017
Director
Socialism
2014
Director
Remembrance
2013
Director
tvSodankylä Forever
2010
Director
movieHelsinki, Forever
2008
Director
movieMan in the Shadows
1994
Director
movieThe Year 1939
1993
Director
movieThe Last Summer 1944
1992
Director
Olavi Virta
1972
Director
movieKreivi
1971
Director
Joulukuu
1969
Director
Edvin Laine
Director
The Year 1952
Director
Writing19
tvSodankylä Forever
2010
Screenplay
movieThe Year 1939
1993
Writer
Olavi Virta
1972
Screenplay
movieKreivi
1971
Writer
movieBensaa suonissa
1970
Writer
movieKesäkapina
1970
Writer
movieTime of Roses
1969
Writer
Acting18
movieThe Dinosaur
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieAki and Peter
2018
Himself
movieConversations Between Men
2013
Haastattelija
tvSodankylä Forever
2010
Self - Narrator
movieHelsinki, Forever
2008
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Man Without a Past
2002
Salvation Army Officer
movieJuha
1999
Juha's Father
movieDrifting Clouds
1996
First Customer
Olavi Virta
1972
Himself / Interviewer (voice)
movieKreivi
1971
kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla
movieMondo Finlandia
1970
Himself
Crew2
movieThe Other Side of Hope
2017
In Memory Of
Editing1
movieKreivi
1971
Editor
Production1
movieThe Year 1939
1993
Producer