Arvo Kruusement
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.
Acting
Movie
The Wild Swans
as Chamber Master
1987
Movie
My Younger Brother
as Matti
1962
Movie
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1988
Movie
What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1967
Movie
Days of June
as Nils
1958
Movie
Nazis and Blondes
as Self
2008
Movie
In One Hundred Years in May
as Jaan Tõnisson
1987
Movie
Yachts at Sea
as Juuksur
1955
Movie
The Red Violin
as Veski
1975
TV
The R Document
1985
Movie
Visit of an Old Lady
as Claire's Husband
2006
Movie
Spanish Version
1980
Movie
I Am Bereza
as Nemetskiy mayor
1964
Crew
Movie
Spring
Director
1970
Movie
Summer
Director
1976
Movie
Don Juan in Tallinn
Director
1973
Movie
Autumn
Director
1990
Movie
Postmark from Vienna
First Assistant Director
1968
Movie
A Woman Heats the Sauna
Director
1979
Movie
The Gang
Director
1986
Movie
Letters from the Island of the Insane
First Assistant Director
1967
Movie
The Smacking Sea
Director
1981
Movie
Võsakurat
Writer
1976
Movie
Indrek
Screenplay
1976