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Anton Kutter (13 June 1903, in Biberach an der Riß – 1 February 1985, in Biberach) was a German film director and screenwriter. He studied 
In 1926 Kutter went to Cologne and joined the Phototechnical Laboratory, and created his first films the same year. From 1931 to 1947 he worked for the Bavaria Film in Munich. In 1937 he made the science fiction movie, ''Weltraumschiff I startet'' pace Ship I Launches a story about a first Moon flight which he dated on 13 June 1963, his 60th birthday. Kutter was awarded two golden medals at the
Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kutter, Anton 1903 births 1985 deaths People from Biberach an der Riss People from the Kingdom of Württemberg Film people from Baden-Württemberg 20th-century German inventors
mechanical engineering
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at Stuttgart Technical University.
In 1926 Kutter went to Cologne and joined the Phototechnical Laboratory, and created his first films the same year. From 1931 to 1947 he worked for the Bavaria Film in Munich. In 1937 he made the science fiction movie, ''Weltraumschiff I startet'' pace Ship I Launches a story about a first Moon flight which he dated on 13 June 1963, his 60th birthday. Kutter was awarded two golden medals at the Venice Biennale
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.
Already at age 12, Kutter manufactured his first refracting telescope from lenses taken from a toy cinematograph. Later he became known to Anton Staus (1872-1955) who introduced him to the theory of 's "Brachy" telescopes. He invented the Schiefspiegler telescope which is a modified Cassegrain reflector featuring superb optical definition due to an off-axis secondary mirror. An obituary was published by Roger W. Sinnott in ''Sky & Telescope
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''."Optical Innovator Dies – Kutter, Anton'' by Roger W. Sinnott in ''Sky & Telescope
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'', May 1985, p. 461.
Selected filmography
* ''Frau Sixta
''Frau Sixta'' is a 1938 German historical drama film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Franziska Kinz and Ilse Werner. It is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by the Swiss writer Ernst Zahn.
The film's sets ...
'' (1938)
* ''Dark Clouds Over the Dachstein
''Dark Clouds Over the Dachstein'' (German: ''Wetterleuchten am Dachstein'') is a 1953 Austrian-German drama film directed by Anton Kutter and starring Gisela Fackeldey, Eduard Köck and Marianne Koch.Fritsche p.248
Cast
* Gisela Fackeldey as ...
'' (1953)
* '' Open Your Window'' (1953)
* ''The Song of Kaprun
''The Song of Kaprun'' or ''The Song of the Hohe Tauern'' (German: ''Das Lied der Hohen Tauern'') is a 1955 Austrian-German drama film directed by Anton Kutter and starring Waltraut Haas, Albert Lieven and Eduard Köck.Fritsche p.253 It is set i ...
'' (1955)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kutter, Anton 1903 births 1985 deaths People from Biberach an der Riss People from the Kingdom of Württemberg Film people from Baden-Württemberg 20th-century German inventors