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?

• Gero von BoehmDirector
• Gero von BoehmScreenplay

• Helmut NewtonSelf (archive footage)
• Isabella RosselliniSelf
• Grace JonesSelf
• Charlotte RamplingSelf
• Anna WintourSelf
• Claudia SchifferSelf
• Catherine DeneuveSelf
• Sylvia GobbelSelf
• Marianne FaithfullS elf
• Nadja AuermannSelf
• Phyllis PosnickSelf
• Hanna SchygullaSelf