Oskar Messter

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Oskar Messter
Oskar Messter, 1920
Born	(1866-11-21)21 November 1866 Berlin, Prussia
Died	6 December 1943(1943-12-06) (aged 77) Tegernsee, Nazi Germany

Oskar Messter (21 November 1866 – 6 December 1943) 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.