[1] Allegations were made that the company had been founded as an attempt to get round restrictions of the Allied occupation authorities forbidding the revival of the old UFA.
However, after eleven productions Capitol had suffered heavy losses and went bankrupt.
[2] Nonetheless in 1955 the West German government approved the sale of UFA assets back into private ownership and the revival of UFA production operations.
Hauke was appointed to oversee the revived company, but his productions again struggled at the box office and he was removed from his position.
It was said that Hauke's failed UFA production strategy was "identical to the one at Capitol".