Anton Kutter

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Anton Kutter (1903-1985): studied mechanical engineering at Stuttgart Technical University. He was a German film director and screenwriter.

Kutter was awarded two golden medals at Biennale / Venice; and invented the well-known Schiefspiegler telescope which is a modified Cassegrainian reflector featuring superb optical definition due to an off-axis secondary mirror. An obituary was published by R.W. Sinnott: Optical Innovator Dies - Kutter, Anton. Sky and Telescope, May 1985, page 461.

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Anton Kutter at IMDB http://www.media-imdb.com/name/nm0476558/ Biography http://www.seds.org/~spider/scopes/kutter.html