Olavi Virta (1972)

01/21/1972 (FI) • Documentary, TV Movie • 30m

Overview

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.

Olavi Virta (1972)

01/21/1972 (FI) • 30m

Documentary, TV Movie

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Olavi Virta

Himself

Peter von Bagh

Himself / Interviewer (voice)

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Status

Released

Original Language

Finnish

Budget

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Revenue

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Keywords

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