Overview
Plot
A portrait of Olavi Virta (1915–1972), Finland's beloved schlager and tango legend, shown as an old, lost, and lonely man. The film's first screening shocked audiences nationwide, unable to bear seeing their postwar icon in ruins.
- Directors
- Peter von Bagh
- Cast
- Olavi Virta, Peter von Bagh
- Country
- Finland
- Genre
- Documentary, TV Movie
- Release date
- 1972-01-21
- Studios
- YLE
Plot
Warning: spoilers
Olavi Virta Plot and Cast
This documentary profiles Olavi Virta, the celebrated Finnish iskelmä and tango singer (1915–1972), focusing on his later years as an old, lost, and lonely figure. When the film premiered, it provoked an intense reaction across Finland: viewers were devastated to see the man who had embodied postwar wealth and glory reduced to such a state.
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