
Known for
Directing
Born
April 20, 1928
Birthplace
Undla, Viru County, Estonia [now Lääne-Viru County]
Died
September 9, 2026 (aged 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.
2008
as Self
2006
as Claire's Husband
1990
Director
1988
1987
as Chamber Master
1987
as Jaan Tõnisson
1986
Director
1985
1981
Director, Screenplay
1980
1979
Director
1976
Writer
1976
Director
1976
Screenplay
1975
as Veski
1973
Director
1970
Director
1968
First Assistant Director
1967
First Assistant Director
1967
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1964
as Nemetskiy mayor
1962
as Matti
1958
as Nils
1955
as Juuksur