Peter von Bagh Movies

Socialism, the 20th century's greatest dream and source of some of its darkest nightmares. Divided into eighteen chapters which all begin with quotes...

It took a dozen years, but in 1952 the greatest dream of sports-crazy Finland finally came true: The Helsinki Olympics happened.

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Jonathan Ross interviews the inscrutable Finnish film director Aki Kaurismäki at The Midnight Sun Film Festival during the release of 'The Match...

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

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...

Documentary about Finnish civil war

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

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...