Arvo Kruusement
Directing
- Born
- April 20, 1928 · Undla, Viru County, Estonia [now Lääne-Viru County]
- Died
- September 9, 2026 (age 98)
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
Spring
January 5, 1970
Summer
May 10, 1976
Don Juan in Tallinn
May 7, 1973
Autumn
December 20, 1990
Postmark from Vienna
January 10, 1968
A Woman Heats the Sauna
January 2, 1979
The Gang
October 20, 1986
Letters from the Island of the Insane
July 10, 1967
The Smacking Sea
November 20, 1981
Võsakurat
September 6, 1976
Indrek
February 2, 1976
Behind the camera11
- 1990Autumn Director
- 1986The Gang Director
- 1981The Smacking Sea Director, Screenplay
- 1979A Woman Heats the Sauna Director
- 1976Võsakurat Writer
- 1976Summer Director
- 1976Indrek Screenplay
- 1973Don Juan in Tallinn Director
- 1970Spring Director
- 1968Postmark from Vienna First Assistant Director