The Last Taboo

The Last Taboo

2025
1h 34m
6.0

6.0/10

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Overview

Hard to imagine, but true: According to current estimates, out of 500,000 active male football professionals worldwide, under ten (10) are openly homosexual. While homosexuality hardly plays a role in other areas of life today, the topic seems to be completely taboo in professional football. The feature-length documentary THE LAST TABOO lets those who broke exactly this taboo tell their very personal stories alongside Thomas Hitzlsperger. Like the British professional footballer Justin Fashanu (*1961 in London; † 1998 in London), who broke this taboo for the first time in 1990 and paid for it with his life. His niece Amal tells his story. Marcus Urban, on the other hand, was about to make the jump to the Bundesliga as a teenager and, by deciding to come out, he also went against his big dream. The stories of the US professional Collin Martin and the British player-coach Matt Morton, on the other hand, suggest that normality is not far away.

Status: Released

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
Broadview TV
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
German English

Quick Facts

Original Title Das letzte Tabu
Release Date February 15, 2025
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt31365768

Cast

Amal Fashanu
Amal Fashanu

Self

Thomas Hitzlsperger
Thomas Hitzlsperger

Self

Collin Martin
Collin Martin

Self

Matt Morton
Matt Morton

Self

Peter Tatchell
Peter Tatchell

Self

Marcus Urban
Marcus Urban

Self

Vít Chalupa
Vít Chalupa

Self

Tatjana Eggeling
Tatjana Eggeling

Self

Morgan Hackworth
Morgan Hackworth

Self

Luděk Mádl
Luděk Mádl

Self

Elijah Martin
Elijah Martin

Self

Per Mertesacker
Per Mertesacker

Self

Key Crew

Manfred Oldenburg
Director
Leopold Hoesch
Producer