the film had its national premieres on 2 april 1942 in vienna and on 17 april 1942 in berlin, and was first aired on television on the gdr's deutscher fernsehfunk on 15 october 1962. its american premiere, under the title "vienna blood", was on 21 march 1951 in new york city. studiocanal released a dvd version on 25 july 2008. running times of the various releases vary from 103 to 111 minutes.