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Olavi Virta 1972 Directed by Peter von Bagh

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.

Country Finland
Production Country Finland
Language Finnish
Spoken Language Finnish
Production Company YLE
Release Date 21 January 1972
30 mins
Cast
Olavi Virta Himself
Peter von Bagh Himself / Interviewer (voice)
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