The Last Taboo (2025)
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.
Director: Manfred Oldenburg
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Amal Fashanu as Self |
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Thomas Hitzlsperger as Self |
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Collin Martin as Self |
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Matt Morton as Self |
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Peter Tatchell as Self |
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Marcus Urban as Self |
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Vít Chalupa as Self |
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Tatjana Eggeling as Self |
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Morgan Hackworth as Self |
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Luděk Mádl as Self |
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Elijah Martin as Self |
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Per Mertesacker as Self |
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Dario Minden as Self |
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Babak Rafati as Self |
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Rolf Töpperwien as Self |
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Tanja Walther-Ahrens as Self |
| Directing | Manfred Oldenburg | Director |
| Production | Regina Grimm | Researcher |
| Writing | Felix Gottschalk | Creative Producer |
| Camera | Jonas Köck | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jürgen Kinateder | Production Manager |
| Production | Lilly Solms | Unit Manager |
| Writing | Peter Wolf | Creative Producer |
| Sound | Stefan Döring | Music |
| Production | Kathrin Anderlohr | Researcher |
| Editing | Dirk Hergenhahn | Editor |
| Production | Leopold Hoesch | Producer |
| Production | Karl Hax | Unit Manager |
| Production | Christian Schölzel | Line Producer |
| Production | Thorben Bockelmann | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Maurice Langehein | Post-Production Manager |
