Olavi Virta
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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
Released Date: 1972-01-21
Runtime: 30 mins
Director: Peter von Bagh
Spoken language: suomi
Genres: Documentary, TV Movie
Original title: Olavi Virta
Production Companies: YLE
Production Countries: Finland
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