Arvo Kruusement
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 20, 1928
- Place of birth
- Undla, Viru County, Estonia [now Lääne-Viru County]
- Died
- September 9, 2026
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.
Movies with Arvo Kruusement
- The Wild Swans 1987 · ★ 6.0
- My Younger Brother 1962 · ★ 5.9
- Dance Around the Steam Boiler 1988 · ★ 6.8
- What Happened To Andres Lapeteus? 1967 · ★ 5.0
- Days of June 1958 · ★ 7.8
- Nazis and Blondes 2008 · ★ 6.0
- In One Hundred Years in May 1987 · ★ 8.0
- Yachts at Sea 1955 · ★ 10.0
- The Red Violin 1975 · ★ 9.0
- Visit of an Old Lady 2006
- Spanish Version 1980
- I Am Bereza 1964
Movies directed by Arvo Kruusement
- Spring 1970 · ★ 6.6
- Summer 1976 · ★ 6.3
- Don Juan in Tallinn 1973 · ★ 5.7
- Autumn 1990 · ★ 6.0
- A Woman Heats the Sauna 1979 · ★ 5.6
- The Gang 1986 · ★ 7.0
- The Smacking Sea 1981 · ★ 7.5