Arvo Kruusement
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1928-04-20 · Undla, Viru County, Estonia [now Lääne-Viru County]
- Died
- 2026-09-09
Known for
- Spring (1970) — Director
- Summer (1976) — Director
- Don Juan in Tallinn (1973) — Director
- Autumn (1990) — Director
- The Wild Swans (1987) — Chamber Master
- My Younger Brother (1962) — Matti
- Postmark from Vienna (1968) — First Assistant Director
- Dance Around the Steam Boiler (1988)
- A Woman Heats the Sauna (1979) — Director
- The Gang (1986) — Director
- What Happened To Andres Lapeteus? (1967) — Party Guest (uncredited)
- Days of June (1958) — Nils
- Letters from the Island of the Insane (1967) — First Assistant Director
- The Smacking Sea (1981) — Director
- Nazis and Blondes (2008) — Self
- In One Hundred Years in May (1987) — Jaan Tõnisson