One day before the end of war in Vienna Emil Spenaked died at the age of 55 under unknown circumstances.
The production designer Emil Stepanek got an education as a stage painter where he was working till to his service for the army during World War I.
He continued his career as a production designer successfully in the 30s.
He continued his career as a stage painter at the theater after World War I before he was responsible for a film set for the first time for "Prinz und Bettelknabe" (1920).