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- Birth nameOskar Eduard Messter
- Oskar Messter was born on November 22, 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 December 7, 1943 in Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany.
- SpousesAntonie König(1928 - December 6, 1943) (his death)Margarete Wittmann(1887 - 1926) (divorced, 1 child)
- Presented the Biophon, his method of producing talking films, as the headlining attraction at Berlin's Apollo Theatre in August 1903.
- Oskar opened Berlin's very first cinema at 21 Unter den Linden on 15th June 1896.
- Berlin, 30th June 1900: Formed his own production company, Messter Projections.
- St. Louis, Missouri, and its Olympic Games of 1904, is where Oskar used his Biophon to shoot his first films which contained a synchronised soundtrack.
- At early time he also produced records of stage performances, among them "Rapunzel" (1897), "Hänsel und Gretel" (1897), "Die bösen Buben" (1897), "Walküre" (1898), "Schlussszene des II Aktes aus "Der Fall Corignan" (1898) and "Der verliebte Reservemann" (1898).
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