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Olavi Virta (1972)

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: 1972-01-21
Runtime: 30 min
Rating: 6 / 10
Cast
Olavi Virta
Olavi Virta
Himself
Peter von Bagh
Peter von Bagh
Himself / Interviewer (voice)