Olavi Virta
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.
About
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.
- Status
- Released
- Country
- FI
- Languages
- Finnish
- Subtitles
- English
- Genres
- Documentary, TV Movie
Cast
Olavi Virta
Himself
Peter von Bagh
Himself / Interviewer (voice)
Olavi Virta
Himself
Peter von Bagh
Himself / Interviewer (voice)
