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Peter von Bagh
Helsinki, Finland
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-chi…
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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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Movies and shows, newest first
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2021
The Dinosaur
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Aki and Peter
Movie Himself
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2017
Lauluja utopiasta
Movie Director
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2017
The Other Side of Hope
Movie In Memory Of
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2016
Peter von Bagh
Movie Self
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2015
Temples of Dreams
Movie Self
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2014
Socialism
Movie Director
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2013
Remembrance
Movie Director
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2013
Conversations Between Men
Movie Haastattelija
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2011
Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
Movie Narrator
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2011
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Movie Writer
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2011
Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
Movie Reader
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2010
The Story of Mikko Niskanen
Movie Director
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2010
Sodankylä Forever
TV show Self - Narrator
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2009
On the Trail of the New Wave
Movie Self
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2008
Helsinki, Forever
Movie Narrator (voice)
More credits
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2003
Sininen laulu - Suomen taiteiden tarina
TV show Director
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2002
The Man Without a Past
Movie Salvation Army Officer
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2001
Aki Kaurismäki
Movie Self
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2000
VÄNÄ
Movie Camera Operator
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1999
Juha
Movie Juha's Father
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1996
Drifting Clouds
Movie First Customer
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1994
Man in the Shadows
Movie Director
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1993
The Year 1939
Movie Director
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1992
The Last Summer 1944
Movie Director
- 1991
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1990
I Hired a Contract Killer
Movie Idea
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1983
A Day at Karl Marx's Grave
Movie Director
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1983
Lähikuvassa: Hassisen Kone
Movie Director
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1980
Tapsa - Slashes from a Rover's Life
Movie Director
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1978
Paavo Nurmi - The Man and His Times
Movie Director
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1972
When the Heavens Fall…
Movie Writer
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1972
Olavi Virta
Movie Himself / Interviewer (voice)
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1971
Kreivi
Movie kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla
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1970
Bensaa suonissa
Movie Writer
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1970
Kesäkapina
Movie Writer
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1970
Mondo Finlandia
Movie Himself
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1970
Liikemiehen muotokuva
Movie Director
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1969
Time of Roses
Movie Writer
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1969
Joulukuu
Movie Director
