Oskar Messter
German cinema pioneer (1866-1943) · Directors · Died at 77
Oskar Messter 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.
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1943Died6 December 19431941Goethe Medal for Art and ScienceAward1924
Leap Into LifeFilm, Producer1919
Her SportFilm, Producer1918Auf Probe gestelltFilm, Producer1916Das große SchweigenFilm, Producer1915Die KonservenbrautFilm, Producer1914
NordlandroseFilm, Producer1913
From a Man's GirlhoodFilm, Producer1911Das Liebesglück der BlindenFilm, Producer1910Japanese SacrificeFilm, Producer1909Andreas HoferFilm, Producer1906Fra DiavoloFilm, Producer1898Am Potsdamer Platz in BerlinFilm, Producer1897In FriedrichsruhFilm, Director, Producer1896Schlittschuhläufer auf der West-EisbahnFilm, Producer1866Born21 November 1866
Leap Into LifeFilm, Producer1919Her SportFilm, Producer1918Auf Probe gestelltFilm, Producer1916Das große SchweigenFilm, Producer1915Die KonservenbrautFilm, Producer1914NordlandroseFilm, Producer1913From a Man's GirlhoodFilm, Producer1911Das Liebesglück der BlindenFilm, Producer1910Japanese SacrificeFilm, Producer1909Andreas HoferFilm, Producer1906Fra DiavoloFilm, Producer1898Am Potsdamer Platz in BerlinFilm, Producer1897In FriedrichsruhFilm, Director, Producer1896Schlittschuhläufer auf der West-EisbahnFilm, Producer1866Born21 November 1866People around Oskar
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Emil Jannings Oskar produced Frau Eva (1916)
Henny Porten Oskar produced The Robber Bride (1916)
Paul Biensfeldt Oskar produced The Canned Bride (1915)
Rudolf Biebrach Oskar produced The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach (1917)
Guido Herzfeld Oskar produced The Canned Bride (1915)
Bruno Decarli Oskar produced Fear and The Man in the Mirror
Emil Rameau Oskar produced The Man in the Mirror (1917)
Robert Wiene Also in Life is a Dream (1916)
Viggo Larsen Oskar produced The Son of Hannibal (1918)
Lupu Pick Oskar produced Frank Hansen's Fortune (1917)
Heinrich Schroth Oskar produced The Queen's Secretary (1916)
Paul Bildt Oskar produced Rose Bernd and Imprisoned Soul
Paul Hartmann Oskar produced Monica Vogelsang and Mountain Air
Margarete Kupfer Oskar produced Frau Eva and The Canned Bride- Adolf Gärtner Also in Japanese Sacrifice (1910)
Manny Ziener Oskar produced The Life and Works of Richard Wagner (1913)
Theodor Loos Oskar produced Frau Eva and Christa Hartungen
Käthe Dorsch Oskar produced The Queen's Secretary (1916)
Olga Engl Oskar produced The Life and Works of Richard Wagner (1913)
Frida Richard Oskar produced The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach (1917)
Hermann Picha Oskar produced Fear (1917)
Maria Fein Oskar produced The Man in the Mirror (1917)
Georg H. Schnell Oskar produced The Spinning Ball and Her Sport
Arnold Rieck Oskar produced Lehmann's Honeymoon (1916)
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Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1866 to 1943 · aged 77
