Highlights

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

Swiss Premiere

Gero von Boehm / Germany / 2020 / 89 min / Documentary
French, English, German / Subtitles English

“Every picture of Newton is a nude. […]. A staging that leads to a nude.” Beyond the scandals and polemics, Gero Von Boehm offers an intimate portrait of one of the most gossip-provoking photographers of the 20th century. Without silence or judgment. Fascinating.

“Any photographer who claims not to be a voyeur is an idiot or a liar.” Born in 1920, marked by the effervescence of Weimar, Newton fled Nazi Germany in 1938 and became a fashion photographer. His images were immediately identifiable, dense black and white, and impressive, emancipated women. The staging is slightly frightening and a little perverse yet filled with humor. Portrait of an iconic ‘agent provocateur’ through unpublished accounts.

Direction

Gero von Boehm

Screenplay

Gero von Boehm

Image

Pierre Nativel, Sven Jakob-Engelmann, Marcus Winterbauer, Alexander Hein, Pauline Penichout, Uli Fischer

Editing

Tom Weichenhain

Sound

Marco Zachalsky, Elie Aufseesser, Moritz Springer, Hardy Hergt, Julio Rodriguez, Michael Thäle

Production

Lupa Film GmbH (Felix von Boehm)

Co-production

Monarda Arts (Torsten Bönnhoff)

With

Grace Jones, Charlotte Rampling, Isabella Rossellini, Anna Wintour, Claudia Schiffer, Marianne Faithfull, Hanna Schygulla, Nadja Auermann, June Newton

International sales

mk2 films (Ola Byszuk)