Peter von Bagh Movies

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

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

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

Two men and a woman, all rallye drivers, get too closely involved, competing in the race and in love.

The story of Agit Prop, communist band established in 1970.

Documentary about Finnish civil war

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...

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

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....

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...

Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois

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

An exemplary reconstruction of a historical turning point. Time and again, the images and the remembered stories.

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...

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...