Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 20, 1928
Died
Sep 09, 2026
Place of Birth
Undla, Viru County, Estonia [now Lääne-Viru County]
Credits
24 titles
Arvo Kruusement
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
Filmography
Nazis and Blondes
Self
Visit of an Old Lady
Claire's Husband
Autumn
Director
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
The Wild Swans
Chamber Master
In One Hundred Years in May
Jaan Tõnisson
The Gang
Director
The R Document
The Smacking Sea
Director
Spanish Version
A Woman Heats the Sauna
Director
Võsakurat
Writer
Summer
Director
Indrek
Screenplay
The Red Violin
Veski
Don Juan in Tallinn
Director
Spring
Director
Postmark from Vienna
First Assistant Director
Letters from the Island of the Insane
First Assistant Director
What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?
Party Guest (uncredited)
I Am Bereza
Nemetskiy mayor
My Younger Brother
Matti
Days of June
Nils
Yachts at Sea
Juuksur