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- Birth nameGustav Anton Kolm
- Anton Kolm was born on October 12, 1865 in Vienna, Austrian Empire [now Austria]. He was a producer and director, known for Trilby (1912), Der Meineidbauer (1915) and Der ledige Hof (1919). He was married to Luise Fleck. He died on October 11, 1922 in Vienna, Austria.
- SpouseLuise Fleck(? - October 11, 1922) (his death, 1 child)
- He already realised first short movies in 1906 and with "Von Stufe zu Stufe" (08) followed the first public showing and is regarded as the birth of the Austrian film.
- After his death in 1922 his wife Luise Kolm got married with the director Jacob Fleck and was well-known under her new name Luise Fleck from now on.
- Vita-Film produced a number of films there, such as the epic Samson und Delila (1922), but like many other European film-related businesses was forced into bankruptcy in 1924 by the flood of cheap American films, with which the European film industry was mostly unable to compete.
- In 1910 he founded together with his wife and Jacob Fleck the "Erste österreichische Kinofilms-Industrie", renamed to "Wiener Kunstfilm-Industrie" in 1911.
- In 1919, with his wife and with financial support from the Depositenbank, he re-founded the Wiener Kunstfilm-Industrie as Vita-Film. Work immediately began on the construction of the Rosenhügel Film Studios, which were already in use before their completion in 1923.
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