About

Known credits:
24
Birthday:
1928-04-20
Place of birth:
Undla, Estonia
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Arvo Kruusement

Overview

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

Acting
2008 Nazis and Blondes Actor Self 59
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2006 Visit of an Old Lady Actor Claire's Husband N/A
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1988 Dance Around the Steam Boiler Actor 59
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1987 The Wild Swans Actor Chamber Master 58
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1987 In One Hundred Years in May Actor Jaan Tõnisson N/A
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1980 Spāņu variants Actor N/A
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1975 The Red Violin Actor Veski N/A
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1967 What Happened To Andres Lapeteus? Actor Party Guest 58
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1964 Я - "Берёза" Actor Nemetskiy mayor N/A
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1962 My Younger Brother Actor Matti 59
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1958 Days of June Actor Nils 58
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1955 Yachts at Sea Actor Juuksur N/A
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Directing
1990 Autumn Directing Director 59
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1985 The Gang Directing Director 58
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1981 The Smacking Sea Directing Director 58
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1979 A Woman Heats the Sauna Directing Director 58
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1976 Summer Directing Director 59
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1973 Don Juan in Tallinn Directing Director 58
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1970 Spring Directing Director 59
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1968 Postmark from Vienna Directing First Assistant Director 58
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1967 Letters from the Island of the Insane Directing First Assistant Director 58
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Writing
1981 The Smacking Sea Writing Writer 58
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1976 Võsakurat Writing Writer N/A
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1976 Indrek Writing Screenplay N/A
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