at the end of 1945, the former head of vienna film production, karl hartl, was nominated the industry's business leader. while the soviets, according to the provisions of the potsdam agreement, took over all former "german" businesses as war reparations, the western occupying powers - great britain, the united states and france - waived their rights in this regard. for the newly refounded wien-film, this meant that they could continue work at the studios in sievering and schönbrunn, but had to write off the studios and workshops at rosenhügel. these were incorporated into , the soviet body responsible for administering austrian assets as war reparations, and operated from then on as ""wien-film am rosenhügel"".