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Oskar Messter(1866-1943)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Oskar Messter
Oskar Messter was born on 22 November 1866 in Berlin, Germany. He was a producer and director, known for Rapunzel (1897), Das wandernde Licht (1916) and Tanz der Salome (1906). He was married to Antonie König and Margarete Wittmann. He died on 7 December 1943 in Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany.
BornNovember 22, 1866
DiedDecember 7, 1943(77)
BornNovember 22, 1866
DiedDecember 7, 1943(77)
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Known for

Rapunzel (1897)
Rapunzel
5.8
Short
  • Producer
  • 1897
Henny Porten in Das wandernde Licht (1916)
Das wandernde Licht
4.9
  • Producer
  • 1916
Adorée Villany in Tanz der Salome (1906)
Tanz der Salome
Short
  • Producer
  • 1906
Schuldig (1913)
Schuldig
  • Producer
  • 1913

Credits

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Producer

  • Xenia Desni in Der Sprung ins Leben (1924)
    Der Sprung ins Leben
    5.2
    • producer
    • 1924
  • Henny Porten in Irrungen (1919)
    Irrungen
    • producer
    • 1919
  • The Honeymoon
    Short
    • producer
    • 1919
  • Das Baby
    Short
    • producer
    • 1918
  • Erst das Geschäft und dann das Vergnügen
    • producer
    • 1918
  • Der Liebe Macht, des Rechtes Sieg
    • producer
    • 1918
  • Henny Porten in Die Sieger (1918)
    Die Sieger
    • producer
    • 1918
  • Henny Porten in Die Heimkehr des Odysseus (1918)
    Die Heimkehr des Odysseus
    • producer
    • 1918
  • Emmahu, der Schrecken Afrikas
    Short
    • producer
    • 1918
  • Der Rubin-Salamander
    Short
    • producer
    • 1918
  • Sein letzter Seitensprung
    • producer
    • 1918
  • Das Abenteuer einer Ballnacht
    6.4
    • producer
    • 1918
  • Henny Porten and Hermann Thimig in Agnes Arnau und ihre drei Freier (1918)
    Agnes Arnau und ihre drei Freier
    • producer
    • 1918
  • Bruno Decarli and Henny Porten in Das Geschlecht derer von Ringwall (1918)
    Das Geschlecht derer von Ringwall
    • producer
    • 1918
  • Der Unwiderstehliche Theodor
    Short
    • producer
    • 1918

Director

  • Gestörtes Rendez-Vous
    4.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Verkannt
    • Director
    • 1912
  • Schmidt will nicht heiraten
    Short
    • Director
    • 1910
  • Adorée Villany in Tanz der Salome (1906)
    Tanz der Salome
    Short
    • Director
    • 1906
  • Apachentanz (1906)
    Apachentanz
    Short
    • Director
    • 1906
  • The Whistling Boy
    4.1
    Short
    • Director
    • 1904
  • Auf der Radrennbahn in Friedenau
    5.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1904
  • Bettlerstolz
    4.2
    Short
    • Director
    • 1902
  • Die Rückkehr der Truppen von der Frühjahrsparade
    Short
    • Director
    • 1900
  • Rapunzel (1897)
    Rapunzel
    5.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 1897
  • In Friedrichsruh
    Short
    • Director
    • 1897

Writer

  • Rapunzel (1897)
    Rapunzel
    5.8
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1897

Personal details

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  • Born
    • November 22, 1866
    • Berlin, Germany
  • Died
    • December 7, 1943
    • Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Antonie König1928 - December 6, 1943 (his death)
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  • Trivia
    Presented the Biophon, his method of producing talking films, as the headlining attraction at Berlin's Apollo Theatre in August 1903.

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