Arvo Kruusement
Biography
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.
Filmography
Nazis and Blondes
2008
as Self
Visit of an Old Lady
2006
as Claire's Husband
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1988
The Wild Swans
1987
as Chamber Master
In One Hundred Years in May
1987
as Jaan Tõnisson
Spanish Version
1980
The Red Violin
1975
as Veski
What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?
1967
as Party Guest (uncredited)
I Am Bereza
1964
as Nemetskiy mayor
My Younger Brother
1962
as Matti
Days of June
1958
as Nils
Yachts at Sea
1955
as Juuksur