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.
Director:
Peter von Bagh
Writer:
Peter von Bagh
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Olavi Virta as Himself |
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Peter von Bagh as Himself / Interviewer (voice) |
| Directing | Peter von Bagh | Director |
| Writing | Peter von Bagh | Screenplay |