The Film
Olavi Virta
The Story
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.
Runtime
30 min
Released Jan 1972
Cast & Crew
The Ensemble
Directed by
Peter von Bagh
Written byPeter von Bagh
Gallery
The Stills.
