- 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.
- Besides has financial activity he also realised three movies as a director.
- A skilled photographer, he started to make short films privately from as early as 1906, but these were not intended for cinemas.
- The photographer and film producer Anton Kolm belongs together with Jacob Fleck and his wife Anna Kolm to the founders of the Austrian film business.
- His role in the film business was especially the financial part whereas his wife took over the art direction.
- Anton Kolm had disposed of his interest in the Vita-Film company in 1922, after disputes over financial matters. He died on 11 October 1922 and did not see the closure of Vita-Film. His wife Luise and his business partner Jacob Fleck moved to Berlin, where they married the following year.
- Anton Kolm's son by Luise, Walter Kolm-Veltée, was also involved in the film industry, and among other things established a film academy at the University of Vienna.
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