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Arvo Kruusement

Arvo Kruusement

Birthday: 1928-04-20 | Place of Birth: Undla, Estonia

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1987
The Wild Swans

as    Chamber Master

1975
The Red Violin

as    Veski

1964
I Am Bereza

as    Nemetskiy mayor

1962
My Younger Brother

as    Matti

1958
Days of June

as    Nils

1955
Yachts at Sea

as    Juuksur