Peter von Bagh
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 29 August 1943 · Helsinki, Finland
- Died
- 17 September 2014
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
Writing 17
- 2026The Year 1952 · writer
- 2013Remembrance · writer
- 201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero · writer
- 2008Helsinki, Forever · writer
- 1994Man in the Shadows · writer
- 1993The Year 1939 · writer
- 1992The Last Summer 1944 · writer
- 1990I Hired a Contract Killer · idea
- 1980Tapsa - Slashes from a Rover's Life · writer
- 1972When the Heavens Fall… · writer
- 1972Olavi Virta · screenplay
- 1971Kreivi · writer
- 1970Bensaa suonissa · writer
- 1970Kesäkapina · writer
- 1969Time of Roses · writer
- 1969Joulukuu · writer
- 1968Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth · writer
Directing 24
- 2026The Year 1952 · director
- 2026Muisto - Itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäisten vuosien kertomus · director
- 2026Edvin Laine · director
- 2017Lauluja utopiasta · director
- 2014Socialism · director
- 2013Remembrance · director
- 2011Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina · director
- 2011Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family · director
- 2010The Story of Mikko Niskanen · director
- 2010Sodankylä Forever · director
- 2008Helsinki, Forever · director
- 1994Man in the Shadows · director
- 1993The Year 1939 · director
- 1992The Last Summer 1944 · director
- 1983A Day at Karl Marx's Grave · director
- 1983Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone · director
- 1980Tapsa - Slashes from a Rover's Life · director
- 1978Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times · director
- 1972Olavi Virta · director
- 1971Kreivi · director
- 1970Liikemiehen muotokuva · director
- 1969Joulukuu · director
- 1968Vanhan valtaus · director
- 1968Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth · director
Acting 18
- 2021The Dinosaur as Self (archive footage)
- 2018Aki and Peter as Himself
- 2016Peter von Bagh as Self
- 2015Temples of Dreams as Self
- 2013Conversations Between Men as Haastattelija
- 2011Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina as Narrator
- 2011Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family as Reader
- 2010Sodankylä Forever as Self
- 2009On the Trail of the New Wave as Self
- 2008Helsinki, Forever as Narrator (voice)
- 2002The Man Without a Past as Salvation Army Officer
- 2001Aki Kaurismäki as Self
- 1999Juha as Juha's Father
- 1996Drifting Clouds as First Customer
- 1991Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki as Self
- 1972Olavi Virta as Himself / Interviewer (voice)
- 1971Kreivi as kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla
- 1970Mondo Finlandia as Himself
crew 2
- 2017The Other Side of Hope · in memory of
- 1968Pockpicket - Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois Youth · cinematography
Camera 1
- 2000VÄNÄ · camera operator
Production 1
- 1993The Year 1939 · producer
Editing 1
- 1971Kreivi · editor