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.
Directed 9
1990s
- 1990
Autumn
Director
1980s
- 1986
The Gang
Director
- 1981
The Smacking Sea
Director
1970s
- 1979
A Woman Heats the Sauna
Director
- 1976
Summer
Director
- 1973
Don Juan in Tallinn
Director
- 1970
Spring
Director
1960s
- 1968
Postmark from Vienna
First Assistant Director
- 1967
Letters from the Island of the Insane
First Assistant Director
Acted in 11
2000s
- 2006
Visit of an Old Lady
Claire's Husband
1980s
- 1988
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
Movie
- 1987
In One Hundred Years in May
Jaan Tõnisson
- 1980
Spanish Version
Movie
1970s
- 1975
The Red Violin
Veski
1960s
- 1967
What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?
Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1964
I Am Bereza
Nemetskiy mayor
- 1962
My Younger Brother
Matti
1950s
- 1958
Days of June
Nils
- 1955
Yachts at Sea
Juuksur
Wrote 3
1980s
- 1981
The Smacking Sea
Screenplay
1970s
- 1976
Indrek
Screenplay
Appearances1
2000s
- 2008
Nazis and Blondes
Self