The Last Austrians
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.
- Year: 2020
- Country: Austria, Ukraine
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: LUKASPIT Filmproduktion
- Keyword: village life, village, minority, german language
- Director: Lukas Pitscheider
- Cast: Peter Sojma, Vitali Fedak, Joseph Horkawtschuk, Elisabeth Kais