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Arvo Kruusement

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Known For

97 Years Old

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.

Born

Undla, Estonia on 20th April 1928

All Credits

The Wild Swans Image
The Wild Swans
Chamber Master
Visit of an Old Lady Image
Visit of an Old Lady
Claire's Husband
My Younger Brother Image
My Younger Brother
Matti
The Red Violin Image
The Red Violin
Veski
Dance Around the Steam Boiler Image
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
In One Hundred Years in May Image
In One Hundred Years in May
Jaan Tõnisson
I Am Bereza Image
I Am Bereza
Nemetskiy mayor
Yachts at Sea Image
Yachts at Sea
Juuksur
Spāņu variants Image
Spāņu variants
What Happened To Andres Lapeteus? Image
What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?
Party Guest (uncredited)
Nazis and Blondes Image
Nazis and Blondes
Self
Days of June Image
Days of June
Nils