Career

A skilled photographer, he started to make short films privately from as early as 1906, but these were not intended for cinemas. Work immediately began on the construction of the Rosenhügel Film Studios, which were already in use before their completion in 1923. Vita-Film produced a number of films there, such as the epic Samson und Delila (1922), but like many other European film-related businesses was forced into bankruptcy in 1924 by the flood of cheap American films, with which the European film industry was mostly unable to compete.

Anton Kolm however had disposed of his interest in the company in 1922, after disputes over financial matters.

He died on 11 October 1922 and did not see the closure of Vita-Film. Anton Kolm"s son by Luise, Walter Kolm-Veltée, was also involved in the film industry, and among other things established a film academy at the University of Vienna.