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The Last Taboo

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.

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The Last Taboo

February 15, 2025
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Crew (15)

Directing

Writing

Felix Gottschalk
Creative Producer
Peter Wolf
Creative Producer

Production

Leopold Hoesch
Producer
Kathrin Anderlohr
Researcher
Lilly Solms
Unit Manager
Christian Schölzel
Line Producer
Karl Hax
Unit Manager
Thorben Bockelmann
Associate Producer
Regina Grimm
Researcher
Jürgen Kinateder
Production Manager

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Jonas Köck
Director of Photography

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Maurice Langehein
Post-Production Manager

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