Arvo Kruusement
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.
As actor 13
Days of June
1958
The Wild Swans
1987
The R Document
1985
Yachts at Sea
1955
Spanish Version
1980
The Red Violin
1975
In One Hundred Years in May
1987
Nazis and Blondes
2008
My Younger Brother
1962
Visit of an Old Lady
2006
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1988
I Am Bereza
1964
What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?
1967
