Portrait of a national icon as an old, lost and lonely man. When Olavi Virta was screened for the first time, people all over Finland went ballistic - they couldn't take that sad sight of their tango's greatest voice, the incarnation of postwar wealth and glory in ruins. A masterpiece.
- Director
- Peter von Bagh
- Country of production
- Finland
- Year
- 1972
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 30'
- Medium
- Betacam Digi
- Language
- Finnish
- Production Company
- YLE
- Screenplay
- Peter von Bagh