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.
Unfortunately the movie Olavi Virta is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Peter von Bagh | Director |
Writing | Peter von Bagh | Screenplay |