Director
Arvo Kruusement
April 20, 1928 · Undla, Viru County, Estonia [now Lääne-Viru County]
Arvo Kruusement (born April 20, 1928) is an Estonian actor, theatre and film director who has made some of Estonia's classic novels into films; Spring (1969), Summer (1976), and Fall (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. In 1970 the movie sold 558,000 tickets in Estonia (Total population 1.34 million) and in 1971 8,100,000 tickets in Soviet Union.
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.
Often works with
Kaljo Kiisk
8 titles together
Spring, Summer, Autumn
Ita Ever
8 titles together
Spring, Autumn, A Woman Heats the Sauna
Aarne Üksküla
6 titles together
Autumn, A Woman Heats the Sauna, The Gang
Ain Lutsepp
5 titles together
Spring, Summer, Autumn
Ants Eskola
5 titles together
Don Juan in Tallinn, What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?, The Smacking Sea
Heino Mandri
5 titles together
Dance Around the Steam Boiler, A Woman Heats the Sauna, What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?
Full filmography · 20
Visit of an Old Lady
as Claire's Husband
2006
Autumn
Director
1990
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
cast
1988
The Wild Swans
as Chamber Master
1987
In One Hundred Years in May
as Jaan Tõnisson
1987
The Gang
Director
1986
The Smacking Sea
Director and Writer
1981
Spanish Version
cast
1980
A Woman Heats the Sauna
Director
1979
Võsakurat
Writer
1976
Summer
Director
1976
The Red Violin
as Veski
1975