the first directors of wien-film were general director fritz hirt, paul hach and the viennese film director karl hartl, who also remained chief of production right to the end. the making of cultural films was under the direction of dr. josef lebzelter of the former "selenophon-film" company. overall control of film productions – from the initial idea to the screening - was the responsibility of the "reichsfilmdramaturg" and later the "reichsfilmintendant".