Oskar Messter [SEP] date of birth
Oskar Messter
Oskar Messter (21 November 1866 – 6 December 1943) was a German inventor and film tycoon in the early years of cinema. His firm Messter Film was one of the dominant German producers before the rise of UFA, into which it was ultimately merged.
Biography.
Oskar Messter was born on November 21 1866 in Berlin, where his father had founded in 1859 a company called "Optisches und Mechanisches Institut Ed. Messter". This company manufactured and sold eyeglasses, precision medical devices, optical devices
(1924)
External links.
- Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
Literature.
- Loiperdinger, M. (Ed.): "Oskar Messter: Filmpionier der Kaiserzeit" and "Oskar Messter, Erfinder und Geschäftsmann", KINtop Schriften 2 & 3, Stroemfeld/Roter Stern; Basel, 1994. In German.
- Messter, O  "Mein Weg mit dem Film", Berlin, 1936. Also in German.