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Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful (2020)

Directed by Gero von Boehm

Overview

Women were clearly at the core of legendary photographer Helmut Newton’s work. The stars of his iconic portraits and fashion editorials – from Catherine Deneuve to Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling to Isabella Rossellini – finally give their own interpretation of the life and work of this controversial genius. A portrait by the portrayed. Provocative, unconventional, subversive, his depiction of women still sparks the question: were they subjects or objects?

Length 93 minutes

Actors

Helmut Newton | Isabella Rossellini | Grace Jones | Charlotte Rampling | Anna Wintour | Claudia Schiffer | Catherine Deneuve | Sylvia Gobbel | Marianne Faithfull | Nadja Auermann | Phyllis Posnick | Hanna Schygulla | Carla Sozzani | Arja Toyryla | June Newton | Susan Sontag | Yves Saint-Laurent