Olavi Virta 1972

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Documentary TV Movie

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.

Release Date 1972-01-21
Runtime 30m
Director Peter von Bagh
Producer
Writer Peter von Bagh