Arvo Kruusement
Born: 1928-04-20 in Undla, Viru County, Estonia [now Lääne-Viru County]
Died: 2026-09-09
Known For: Directing
Biography
Arvo Kruusement (April 20, 1928 – September 9, 2026) was an Estonian actor, theatre and film director who has made some of Estonia's classic novels into films; Spring (1969), Summer (1976), and Autumn (1990). The movie Spring has been noted as the best Estonian feature film in the Top Ten Poll held by Estonian film critics and journalists in 2002. Arvo Kruusement attended GITIS in Moscow, Russia from where he graduated in 1953. in 1953-1961 he worked as an actor at the Estonian Drama Theatre in Tallinn. In 1962-1964 Arvo Kruusement was the director of the Endla Theatre in Pärnu, Estonia, and film director for Tallinnfilm in 1965–1991.
Filmography
2008
- Nazis and Blondes as Self
2006
- Visit of an Old Lady as Claire's Husband
1990
- Autumn ... (Director)
1987
- The Wild Swans as Chamber Master
- In One Hundred Years in May as Jaan Tõnisson
1986
- The Gang ... (Director)
1985
1981
- The Smacking Sea ... (Director)
1980
1979
- A Woman Heats the Sauna ... (Director)
1975
- The Red Violin as Veski
1973
- Don Juan in Tallinn ... (Director)
1970
- Spring ... (Director)
1968
- Postmark from Vienna ... (First Assistant Director)
1967
- What Happened To Andres Lapeteus? as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Letters from the Island of the Insane ... (First Assistant Director)
1964
- I Am Bereza as Nemetskiy mayor
1962
- My Younger Brother as Matti
1958
- Days of June as Nils
1955
- Yachts at Sea as Juuksur