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 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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 29, 1943
Deathday: September 17, 2014
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Helsinki, Forever
2008-08-15
Helsinki, Forever
Overview: Helsinki, Forever is a montage film about the city of Helsinki by the award-winning Finnish film director and academic Peter von Bagh. The film draws a portrait of Helsinki and also acts as an essay on Finnish culture in a wider sense. It shows Helsinki as captured by leading Finnish feature film and documentary makers over a period of one hundred years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2008-08-15
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The Dinosaur
2021-03-10
The Dinosaur
Overview: Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen’s eye-opening documentary The Dinosaur looks at the relentless, often disturbing directing techniques behind Mollberg’s art and success.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2021-03-10
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Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
2011-09-10
Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family
Overview: Peter von Bagh's documentary about Juhani Aho and people around him.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2011-09-10
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Temples of Dreams
2015-09-24
Temples of Dreams
Overview: Documentary about Finnish film theaters - about their past, disappearance and future. And at the same time universal story how cinema is undeniably connected with life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2015-09-24
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Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki
1991-03-15
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki
Overview: An interview with Aki Kaurismäki, with film clips and comments from colleagues.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-15
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Peter von Bagh
2016-06-15
Peter von Bagh
Overview: Piirainen's documentary on the last years of Peter von Bagh.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2016-06-15
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Olavi Virta
1972-01-21
Olavi Virta
Overview: Portrait of a national icon: iskelmä or popular schlager legend Olavi Virta (1915–1972), as an old, lost and lonely man. When the film was screened for the first time, people all over Finland went ballistic – they couldn't take the sad sight of their tango's greatest voice, the incarnation of postwar wealth and glory in ruins.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1972-01-21
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Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
2011-12-31
Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina
Overview: This short document tells the story of Bank of Finland and the history of money in Finland.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-31
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The Man Without a Past
2002-03-01
The Man Without a Past
Overview: Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and becoming besotted with a Salvation Army volunteer.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2002-03-01
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Juha
1999-02-26
Juha
Overview: A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-02-26
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Dove non è peccato
1970-01-01
Dove non è peccato
Overview: An Italian mondo documentary about Finland. Among other things, it showcases intricacies of local mating culture, sports, Midsummer festivities and sauna.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Aki Kaurismäki
2001-04-22
Aki Kaurismäki
Overview: Renowned filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki, creator of The Man Without a Past (Grand Prix du Jury, 2002 Cannes Film Festival) and acclaimed films such as Ariel, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, and Drifting Clouds, is the subject of AKI KAURISMÄKI, the latest release from the Cinema, of Our Time series. The younger member of Finland's most prolific and irreverent filmmaking team, Kaurismäki, together with older brother Mika, virtually invented "The New Finnish Cinema." Since 1981, Kaurismäki has made twenty-two films, many of which are excerpted in this documentary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-04-22
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Drifting Clouds
1996-01-26
Drifting Clouds
Overview: The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1996-01-26
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On the Trail of the New Wave
2009-03-14
On the Trail of the New Wave
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2009-03-14
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Kreivi
1971-02-05
Kreivi
Overview: Pertti Ylermi Lindgren was engaged to 76 women, married none, but took the money of all. Lindgren is the real thing, as far as swindlers go. Peter von Bagh asked him to play himself in a film that would reconstruct some of his greatest moments, i.e. the most flamboyant stunts – and he agreed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1971-02-05
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Conversations Between Men
2013-01-04
Conversations Between Men
Overview: After being struggling to finish his ninth book, an irrelevant author decides to try change his methods.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-01-04
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Aki and Peter
2018-05-15
Aki and Peter
Overview: THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE is dedicated to filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki’s longtime friend and collaborator, the film critic and festival programmer Peter von Bagh. In this new video essay, filmmaker Daniel Raim explores Kaurismäki’s oeuvre through the world of von Bagh.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-15
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Sodankylä Forever
2010-08-05
Sodankylä Forever
Overview: The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets. Founded by Aki and Mika Kaurismäki along with Anssi Mänttäri and Peter von Bagh in 1985, the festival has played host to an international who’s who of directors and each day begins with a two-hour discussion. To mark the festival’s silver anniversary, festival director Peter von Bagh edited together highlights from these dialogues to create an epic four-part choral history of cinema drawn from the anecdotes, insights, and wisdom of his all-star cast: Coppola, Fuller, Forman, Chabrol, Corman, Demy, Kieslowski, Kiarostami, Varda, Oliveira, Erice, Rouch, Gilliam, Jancso — and 64 more. Ranging across innumerable topics (war, censorship, movie stars, formative influences, America, neorealism) these voices, many now passed away, engage in a personal dialogue across the years that’s by turns charming, profound, hilarious and moving.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2010-08-05
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