
Arvo Kruusement
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-04-20 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Undla, Estonia
Arvo Kruusement
Biography
Arvo Kruusement (born April 20, 1928) is an Estonian actor, theatre and film director who has made some of Estonia's classic novels into films; Spring (1969), Summer (1976), and Fall (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. In 1970 the movie sold 558,000 tickets in Estonia (Total population 1.34 million) and in 1971 8,100,000 tickets in Soviet Union.
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.
Acting
(2008)
Nazis and Blondes
as Self
(2006)
Visit of an Old Lady
as Claire's Husband
(1988)
(1987)
The Wild Swans
as Chamber Master
(1987)
In One Hundred Years in May
as Jaan Tõnisson
(1980)
(1975)
The Red Violin
as Veski
(1967)
What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?
as Party Guest
(1964)
I Am Bereza
as Nemetskiy mayor
(1962)
My Younger Brother
as Matti
(1958)
Days of June
as Nils
(1955)
Yachts at Sea
as Juuksur
Crew
(1990)
Autumn
Director
(1985)
The Gang
Director
(1981)
The Smacking Sea
Director, Writer
(1979)
A Woman Heats the Sauna
Director
(1976)
Summer
Director
(1976)
Võsakurat
Writer
(1976)
Indrek
Screenplay
(1973)
Don Juan in Tallinn
Director
(1970)
Spring
Director
(1968)
Postmark from Vienna
First Assistant Director
(1967)
Letters from the Island of the Insane
First Assistant Director