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.
Peter von Bagh directed Olavi Virta. Explore their complete filmography and the collaborators who shaped their vision.
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