Arvo Kruusement
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 20, 1928, Undla, Viru County, Estonia [now Lääne-Viru County]
- Died
- September 9, 2026
- Movies
- 21
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2008 | Nazis and Blondes | Self |
| 2006 | Visit of an Old Lady | Claire's Husband |
| 1988 | Dance Around the Steam Boiler | |
| 1987 | The Wild Swans | Chamber Master |
| 1987 | In One Hundred Years in May | Jaan Tõnisson |
| 1980 | Spanish Version | |
| 1975 | The Red Violin | Veski |
| 1967 | What Happened To Andres Lapeteus? | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1964 | I Am Bereza | Nemetskiy mayor |
| 1962 | My Younger Brother | Matti |
| 1958 | Days of June | Nils |
| 1955 | Yachts at Sea | Juuksur |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1990 | Autumn | Director |
| 1986 | The Gang | Director |
| 1981 | The Smacking Sea | Director, Screenplay |
| 1979 | A Woman Heats the Sauna | Director |
| 1976 | Võsakurat | Writer |
| 1976 | Summer | Director |
| 1976 | Indrek | Screenplay |
| 1973 | Don Juan in Tallinn | Director |
| 1970 | Spring | Director |
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