Short film
Olavi Virta
1972 · 30 min
A quiet, mournful half-hour spent in the presence of faded glory, watching a beloved voice diminished and alone.
- Directed by
- Peter von Bagh
- Genres
- Documentary, Tv movie
- Starring
- Olavi Virta, Peter von Bagh
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, bleak, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Aging, isolation, memory, grief
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Peter von Bagh
- Genres
- Documentary, Tv movie
- Starring
- Olavi Virta, Peter von Bagh
