Anton Kutter

In 1926 Kutter went to Cologne and joined the Phototechnical Laboratory, and created his first films the same year.

In 1937 he made the science fiction movie, Weltraumschiff I startet [Space Ship I Launches], a story about a first Moon flight which he dated on 13 June 1963, his 60th birthday.

Already at age 12, Kutter manufactured his first refracting telescope from lenses taken from a toy cinematograph.

Later he became known to Anton Staus (1872-1955) who introduced him to the theory of Karl Fritsch [de]'s "Brachy" telescopes.

He invented the Schiefspiegler telescope which is a modified Cassegrain reflector featuring superb optical definition due to an off-axis secondary mirror.