Peter von Bagh Movies

Aki Kaurismäki, the celebrated Finnish filmmaker behind The Man Without a Past (Grand Prix du Jury, Cannes Film Festival 2002) and landmark...

This short document tells the story of Bank of Finland and the history of money in Finland.

A documentary about Tapio Rautavaara, a traveler and artist. "The purpose of the film Tapsa was to reflect Rautavaara as a person. He himself gave...

An Italian mondo documentary about Finland. Among other things, it showcases intricacies of local mating culture, sports, Midsummer festivities and...

A bitter and moving portrait of a genius as a troubled human being trying his best to find a way through life. A documentary about a too-little-known...

Peter von Bagh's documentary about Juhani Aho and people around him.

Paavo Nurmi (1897–1973) was one of the greatest athletes ever, and he had the wins to show it. For some time, his name was synonymous with...

A psychotherapist's life is wrecked when her private life is exposed in a sensation magazine.

A TV documentary about the Finnish band Hassisen Kone and its frontman Ismo Alanko.

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...

Documentary about Finnish civil war

After being struggling to finish his ninth book, an irrelevant author decides to try change his methods.

A portrait of film actor Kari Väänänen. Väänänen talks openly about his work and himself. Väänänen's...

After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a...

Piirainen's documentary on the last years of Peter von Bagh.

An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was...

A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.

THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE is dedicated to filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki’s longtime friend and collaborator, the film critic and festival...

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...