| Arvo Kruusement | |
| Birth Date: | 20 April 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Undla, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia |
| Occupation: | Actor, Film director |
Arvo Kruusement (born 20 April 1928)[1] 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)[2] 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.[3] In 1970 the movie sold 558,000 tickets in Estonia (Total population 1.34 million)[4] and in 1971 8,100,000 tickets in Soviet Union.[5]
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,[6] and film director for Tallinnfilm in 1965–1991.[1]