Arvo Kruusement
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 20, 1928
- Died
- September 9, 2026
- 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.
Filmography
Nazis and Blondes 2008
as Self
Visit of an Old Lady 2006
as Claire's Husband
Autumn 1990
Director
Dance Around the Steam Boiler 1988
Actor
The Wild Swans 1987
as Chamber Master
In One Hundred Years in May 1987
as Jaan Tõnisson
The Gang 1986
Director
The Smacking Sea 1981
Director, Screenplay
Spanish Version 1980
Actor
A Woman Heats the Sauna 1979
Director
Võsakurat 1976
Writer
Summer 1976
Director
Indrek 1976
Screenplay
The Red Violin 1975
as Veski
Don Juan in Tallinn 1973
Director
Spring 1970
Director
Postmark from Vienna 1968
First Assistant Director
Letters from the Island of the Insane 1967
First Assistant Director
What Happened To Andres Lapeteus? 1967
as Party Guest (uncredited)
I Am Bereza 1964
as Nemetskiy mayor
My Younger Brother 1962
as Matti
Days of June 1958
as Nils
Yachts at Sea 1955
as Juuksur
Credits from TMDB.