
Arvo Kruusement
Known for directing · Born 20 April 1928 · Died 9 September 2026 · aged 98 · Undla, Viru County, Estonia [now Lääne-Viru County]
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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
1970

Summer
1976

Autumn
1990

Don Juan in Tallinn
1973

The Gang
1986

A Woman Heats the Sauna
1979

The Smacking Sea
1981

Võsakurat
1976

Indrek
1976

Nazis and Blondes
2008

The Wild Swans
1987

My Younger Brother
1962