besides the production of dramas and cultural films, wien-film concentrated on the management of cinemas. across austria, the company owned 14 cinemas in vienna, berndorf, linz, steyr and steyrermühl. the vienna cinemas were the "scala", the "apollo", the "busch" and the "ufa-ton", which were used for premieres. wien-film also ran the cinemas formerly owned by kiba ("wiener kinobetriebsanstalt") and ufa, under the newly established "ostmärkische filmtheater betriebsgesellschaft m.b.h." ("ostmark film theatre company ltd").