The Last Austrians

The Last Austrians (2020) is a documentary film directed by Lukas Pitscheider rated 10.0/10.

In a valley in the Ukrainian Carpathian forest lies the small and forgotten town of Königsfeld. In 1775, the Habsburg Queen, Maria Theresa, sent a hundred foresters and their families here from the Austrian west of the kingdom. All that remains today of the now over two century-old timber industry are factory ruins, potholes in the valley road and an increasingly seldom heard German dialect. Only a few factories survived a flood that cut the village off from the rest of the world, and left it economically isolated. An atmosphere of farewell hangs heavy in the air.

Cast

Peter Sojma

Himself

Vitali Fedak

Himself

Joseph Horkawtschuk

Himself

Elisabeth Kais

Herself