(20.04.1928)

Arvo Kruusement is a distinguished Estonian cultural figure, theatre and film director and actor. He has adapted for the screen the classics of Estonian literature, seven feature films in total. Kruusement’s magnum opus is the trilogy “Kevade” (Spring, 1969), “Suvi” (Summer, 1976) and “Sügis” (Autumn, 1990), based on eponymous novels by Oskar Luts. These films, as a shared national treasure, have been shaping the cultural memory of Estonians for more than four decades by now.