Virta: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Virta is a crime series, a Finnish answer to shows like Beck and Wallander.

Criminal Commissar Lasse Virta (Antti Virmavirta) is a classic character: charismatic, intelligent and adventurous. He is a lone wolf, a workaholic, whose outside goals are mostly past.

While Virta focuses solely on solving crimes, Kari Salminen (Petteri Summanen), his partner, has a busy private life to contend with. Salminen is impulsive, and he is used to challenging his co-worker. Nevertheless, Virta and Salmi work well in their desire to understand the criminal mind and fight against crime.

The 12-piece series consists of six stories.

Series details

• Title: Virta
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Finnish
• Genres: Drama, Action, Crime
• Premiere date: 2011-04-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-06-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Nelonen
• Network country: Finland
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 27511
• IMDb ID: tt1880896
• TVDB ID: 247631

Cast and credited roles

• Antti Virmavirta — Lasse Virta
• Petteri Summanen — Kari Salminen
• Laura Birn — Anne Nordin
• Elina Knihtilä — Sari Vuorensola
• Tapio Liinoja — Markku Takkula

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-04-07; final listed air date 2011-06-23; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Virta on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.