Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

Helmut Newton, the trailblazing late photographer who had a defining impact on the worlds of fashion and art.

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
Germany 2020
  • Czech
93 min.
15+
  • This film is available until 18. 8. 2027 in these territories: Czechia.
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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?

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Credits
Director: Gero von Boehm
Screenplay: Gero von Boehm
Cinematography: Uli Fischer, Alexander Hein, Sven Jakob-Engelmann, Pierre Nativel, Pauline Pénichout, Marcus Winterbauer
Sound: Marco Zachalsky
Editing: Tom Weichenhain
Producer: Felix von Boehm
Co-production: Torsten Bönnhoff
Cast: Helmut Newton, Sigourney Weaver, Grace Jones, Sylvia Gobbel, Isabella Rossellini, Anna Wintour, Nadja Auermann, Phyllis Posnick, Susan Sontag, Charlotte Rampling
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  • This film is available until 18. 8. 2027 in these territories: Czechia.