Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful (2020)

Movie · Released · 93 min · ★ 6.2

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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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Cast

Helmut NewtonSelf (archive footage)Isabella RosselliniSelfGrace JonesSelfCharlotte RamplingSelfAnna WintourSelfClaudia SchifferSelfCatherine DeneuveSelf

Sylvia GobbelSelfMarianne FaithfullS elfNadja AuermannSelf

Phyllis PosnickSelfHanna SchygullaSelf

Carla SozzaniSelf

Arja TöyryläSelf

June NewtonSelf (archive footage)