Name
Arvo Kruusement
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1928-04-20
Deathday
2026-09-09 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Undla, Viru County, Estonia [now Lääne-Viru County]
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.
Known For
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- 1987 The Wild Swans as Chamber Master
- 2006 Visit of an Old Lady as Claire's Husband
- 2008 Nazis and Blondes as Self
- 1967 What Happened To Andres Lapeteus? as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1987 In One Hundred Years in May as Jaan Tõnisson
- 1962 My Younger Brother as Matti
- 1955 Yachts at Sea as Juuksur
- 1975 The Red Violin as Veski
- 1958 Days of June as Nils
- 1980 Spanish Version
- 1964 I Am Bereza as Nemetskiy mayor
- 1988 Dance Around the Steam Boiler
- 1985 The R Document ( 3 episodes )
