Personal Info
Known For:
Directing
Birthday:
April 20, 1928
Place of Birth:
Undla, Estonia
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Spāņu variants | |
| 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 |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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