Olavi Virta

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 Date

January 21, 1972

Status

Released

Original Title

Olavi Virta

Runtime

30min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Finnish

Production Companies

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