Peter von Bagh

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-08-29 (71 years old)

Deathday

2014-09-17

Place of Birth

Helsinki, Finland

Peter von Bagh

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 Inte...

Acting

2008

Helsinki, Forever

as Narrator (voice)

2021

The Dinosaur

as Self (archive footage)

2016

1972

Olavi Virta

as Himself / Interviewer (voice)

2002

The Man Without a Past

as Salvation Army Officer

1999

Juha

as Juha's Father

1970

1996

Drifting Clouds

as First Customer

1971

Kreivi

as kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla

2013

2018

Aki and Peter

as Himself

Production

1968

Vanhan valtaus

as Director

1969

Joulukuu

as Director

1969

Joulukuu

as Writer

1970

1992

1970

2008

1971

Kreivi

as Director

1972

Olavi Virta

as Director

2013

Remembrance

as Director

2013

Remembrance

as Writer

2014

Socialism

as Director

2010

-

Edvin Laine

as Director

1993

The Year 1939

as Director

1993

The Year 1939

as Writer

1993

The Year 1939

as Producer

-

The Year 1952

as Director

-

The Year 1952

as Writer

2017

The Other Side of Hope

as In Memory Of

2017

1972

Olavi Virta

as Screenplay

1970

Kesäkapina

as Writer

1969

Time of Roses

as Writer

2008

1994

1994

1971

Kreivi

as Writer

1971

Kreivi

as Editor

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