Arvo Kruusement

Arvo Kruusement
Born	20 April 1928 (1928-04-20) (age 83) Undla, Lääne-Viru County[1]  Estonia
Occupation	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) and Fall (1990)^[2] The movie Spring has been noted as the best Estonian feature film in the Top Ten Poll hold 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 in Tallinnfilm in 1965-1991.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Persoon: Kui Arvo Kruusement filmi juurde jõudis". http://www.virumaateataja.ee/081007/esileht/15041477.php. Retrieved 5 July 2009. 
2. ^ Cowie, Peter (1992). Variety international film guide 1992. Andre Deutsch. p. 384. ISBN 0233987207. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&q=%22Arvo%20Kruusement%20has%20made%20into%20films%20some%20of%20Estonia%27s%20classic%20novels%20(Spring%2C%201969%20and%20Fall%2C%201990)%22.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wp. 
3. ^ tallinnfilm.ee
4. ^ 2008 census
5. ^ Kevade business @IMDB
6. ^ "Chronology". Endla. http://www.endla.ee/kronoloogia. Retrieved 5 July 2009. 

External links

• Arvo Kruusement at the Internet Movie Database

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