Anton Kutter (13 June 1903, in
Biberach an der Riß – 1 February 1985, in Biberach) was a German
film director and
screenwriter. He studied
mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...
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
The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...
.
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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*current events in astronomy and space exploration;
*events in the amateur astronomy community;
*reviews of astronomic ...
''.
["Optical Innovator Dies – Kutter, Anton'' by Roger W. Sinnott in '']Sky & Telescope
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*current events in astronomy and space exploration;
*events in the amateur astronomy community;
*reviews of astronomic ...
'', 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)
References
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Biography
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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