Peter von Bagh

Peter von Bagh

1943-08-29 – 2014-09-17 (age 71) Helsinki, Finland
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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.

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Known For

Drifting Clouds
Drifting Clouds

1996

as First Customer

The Man Without a Past
The Man Without a Past

2002

as Salvation Army Officer

Juha
Juha

1999

as Juha's Father

The Dinosaur
The Dinosaur

2021

as Self (archive footage)

Conversations Between Men
Conversations Between Men

2013

as Haastattelija

Mondo Finlandia
Mondo Finlandia

1970

as Himself

Temples of Dreams
Temples of Dreams

2015

as Self

Aki Kaurismäki
Aki Kaurismäki

2001

as Self

Helsinki, Forever
Helsinki, Forever

2008

as Narrator (voice)

Aki and Peter
Aki and Peter

2018

as Himself

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Olavi Virta

1972

as Himself / Interviewer (voice)

Kreivi
Kreivi

1971

as kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla

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Peter von Bagh

2016

as Self