The Austrian expressionist poet Georg Trakl was in love with his sister. And she loved him back. Their relationship became sexual and caused quite a stir in the local society. But when his sister asked him to flee with her to Australia where no one knew them and they could live as husband and wife, he refused for he could not live without the beauty of the German language. Torn between his love for words and his love for Grete, Georg turned to drugs and entered a downward spiral.
Unfortunately the movie Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Christoph Stark | Director |
| Writing | Ursula Mauder | Writer |
| Production | Dieter Pochlatko | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Thierry Faber | Editor |
| Production | Arno Ortmair | Producer |
| Production | Monika Raebel | Associate Producer |
| Production | Monika Raebel | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Bogumił Godfrejów | Director of Photography |
| Production | Nicolas Steil | Producer |
| Production | Dieter Pochlatko | Co-Producer |
| Production | Gerd Reinsberg | Associate Producer |
| Production | Klaus Zimmermann | Producer |