Olavi Virta

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.

Country:

Finland

Genre:

Documentary,

TV Movie

Duration:

30 minutes

Year:

1972

Director:

Peter von Bagh

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Company:

YLE

Cast:

Himself

Himself / Interviewer (voice)

Crew:

Director

Screenplay