Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

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?

Director: Gero von Boehm

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Helmut Newton, Isabella Rossellini, Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling, Anna Wintour, Claudia Schiffer, Catherine Deneuve, Sylvia Gobbel, Marianne Faithfull, Nadja Auermann

• Release date: 2020-07-09
• Runtime: 93
• Country: Germany