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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

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Self

Nazis and Blondes

2008

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Claire's Husband

Visit of an Old Lady

2006

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Dance Around the Steam Boiler

1988

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Chamber Master

The Wild Swans

1987

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Jaan Tõnisson

In One Hundred Years in May

1987

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Spāņu variants

1980

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Veski

The Red Violin

1975

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Party Guest

What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?

1967

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Nemetskiy mayor

I Am Bereza

1964

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Matti

My Younger Brother

1962

Credits

Nazis and Blondes

as Self

2008

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Visit of an Old Lady

as Claire's Husband

2006

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Dance Around the Steam Boiler

1988

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The Wild Swans

as Chamber Master

1987

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In One Hundred Years in May

as Jaan Tõnisson

1987

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Spāņu variants

1980

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The Red Violin

as Veski

1975

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What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?

as Party Guest

1967

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I Am Bereza

as Nemetskiy mayor

1964

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My Younger Brother

as Matti

1962

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Days of June

as Nils

1958

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Yachts at Sea

as Juuksur

1955

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