Directing
Arvo Kruusement
ET, LV, RU cinema · 23 credits
Born
20 April 1928
Died
9 September 2026 (aged 98)
Birthplace
Undla, Viru County, Estonia [now Lääne-Viru County]
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
Visit of an Old Lady
as Claire's Husband
Autumn
Director
The Wild Swans
as Chamber Master
In One Hundred Years in May
as Jaan Tõnisson
The Gang
Director
The Smacking Sea
Director, Screenplay
Summer
Director
Võsakurat
Writer
Indrek
Screenplay
The Red Violin
as Veski
Don Juan in Tallinn
Director
Spring
Director
Postmark from Vienna
First Assistant Director
What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Letters from the Island of the Insane
First Assistant Director
I Am Bereza
as Nemetskiy mayor
My Younger Brother
as Matti
Days of June
as Nils
Yachts at Sea
as Juuksur