The Last Austrians

Name: The Last Austrians
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-09-29
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Peter Sojma, Vitali Fedak, Joseph Horkawtschuk, Elisabeth Kais

Die letzten Österreicher

10.0 (1)2020-09-291h 25m

Documentary

Overview

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.