Peter von Bagh Movies

Peter von Bagh takes us on a trip to his homeland and Oulu, a small Finnish town, tracing the turbulent changes it has undergone in the 20th century....

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...

Young photography model Susanna and her alienated teenage brother Veli spend the summer of 1969 travelling around Finland, mostly with another girl...

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

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

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

In a world of cold facts, this film speaking in more than 20 languages offers a vision of a world momentarily united and willing to listen to the...

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

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

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

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

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

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.