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Wien-Film


Wien-Film, film studio emerging from the transformation of Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie (A. Kolowrat-Krakowsky) in 1938, produced successful feature films and documentaries during the first years of the Second World War, including films such as "Anton der Letzte" (1939), "Operette" (1940), "Der Postmeister"(1940) and "Schrammeln" (1944). In 1943/44 it was granted the privilege to produce films in colour, which had formerly been the exclusive privilege of the film studio Ufa. After the war, Wien-Film kept producing feature films and documentaries ("Wiener Mädeln", 1949; "1. April 2000", 1952; "Hannerl", 1952). After conclusion of the State Treaty in 1955, Wien-Film was handed over to the state. Its productions were mostly economic failures and renting the Rosenhügel film studios to foreign production companies (including the Disney-Corporation) was not sufficiently profitable. The company was dissolved as a state-owned enterprise in 1985, only a company for the preservation of earlier productions still survive.


Literature: W. Guha, Die Geschichte eines österreichischen Filmunternehmens: Von der Sascha-Film-Fabrik Pfraumberg in Böhmen zur Wien-Film, 1975.


 
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