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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.

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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

Acting (13)

2008Nazis and BlondesSelfFilm
2006Visit of an Old LadyClaire's HusbandFilm
1988Dance Around the Steam BoilerFilm
1987The Wild SwansChamber MasterFilm
1987In One Hundred Years in MayJaan TõnissonFilm
1985The R Document · 3 episodesSeries
1980Spanish VersionFilm
1975The Red ViolinVeskiFilm
1967What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?Party Guest (uncredited)Film
1964I Am BerezaNemetskiy mayorFilm
1962My Younger BrotherMattiFilm
1958Days of JuneNilsFilm
1955Yachts at SeaJuuksurFilm

Directing (9)

1990AutumnDirectorFilm
1986The GangDirectorFilm
1981The Smacking SeaDirector, ScreenplayFilm
1979A Woman Heats the SaunaDirectorFilm
1976SummerDirectorFilm
1973Don Juan in TallinnDirectorFilm
1970SpringDirectorFilm
1968Postmark from ViennaFirst Assistant DirectorFilm
1967Letters from the Island of the InsaneFirst Assistant DirectorFilm

Writing (2)

1976VõsakuratWriterFilm
1976IndrekScreenplayFilm