Schloss Leopoldskron was considered by the location-scouts of the film company “Twentieth Century Fox” as a film venue most likely due to Wolfgang Reinhardt’s contacts. Schloss Leopoldskron had been the property of the American educational institution Salzburg Global Seminar for several years.

The palace was not open to the public and was sealed off from the outside to guarantee the exclusiveness of the educational activities. As a consequence, it was not taken for granted that some scenes of the movie could be filmed at palace premises such as the park and the shore of the lake.