Olavi Virta (1972)

Genre : Documentary, TV Movie

Runtime : 30M

Director : Peter von Bagh
Writer : Peter von Bagh

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Olavi Virta
Olavi Virta
Himself
Peter von Bagh
Peter von Bagh
Himself / Interviewer (voice)

Crews

Peter von Bagh
Peter von Bagh
Director
Peter von Bagh
Peter von Bagh
Screenplay

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