after the end of world war ii, wien-film was confiscated by the allies as "german property". after vienna had been divided up into five zones of occupation it became apparent that the film studios in sievering and the main offices in siebensterngasse came under the american administration, but that the film workshops at rosenhügel were in the soviet sector. the sievering film studios, it was believed, were to be liquidated by the americans, in the interests of eliminating all possible competition to hollywood productions.