Anton Kutter (13 June 1903, in

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– 1 February 1985, in Biberach) was a German

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and

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. He studied

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at Stuttgart Technical University. Kutter-sternwarte-biberach

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''

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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

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. Already at age 12, Kutter manufactured his first refracting telescope from lenses taken from a toy

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. Later he became known to Anton Staus (1872-1955) who introduced him to the theory of 's "Brachy" telescopes. He invented the

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telescope which is a modified

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featuring superb optical definition due to an off-axis secondary mirror. An obituary was published by Roger W. Sinnott in ''

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''."Optical Innovator Dies – Kutter, Anton'' by Roger W. Sinnott in ''

'', May 1985, p. 461.

Selected filmography

* '' Frau Sixta'' (1938) * '' Dark Clouds Over the Dachstein'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1953) * '' The Song of Kaprun'' (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