Largest producer of erotic short films was France, where the major film companies such as Pathé shot erotic photographs. The more famous a film company became, the more was the eroticism in the movies, only hinted at, and in case of Pathé eventually dropped because the production of unproblematic and globally successful feature films should not be placed in danger. In German-speaking countries, the German film Venus and Saturn, the Austrian film producers exported internationally erotic short films.