Luchino Visconti’s collaborator and lover, famous Austrian actor Helmut Berger (1944- ) starred in , Conversation Piece (1974), The Damned (1969), Ludwig (1972) etc. On Ludwig, he said that after the filming, he committed himself to a sanatorium in order to rid himself of Ludwig’s character who had taken over his real-life persona.
An alleged-bisexual, Berger is also the only man ever shot nude by Helmut Newton who confined most of his works to fashion photography. “I was never interested in naked men”, the photographer said. And yet here is the iconic picture.
All rights go to Helmut Newton. I am not the author of this image (But Geez, don’t I wish I was)!
Helmut Berger, as photographed by Helmut Newton in Beverly Hills, 1984.
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“But Geez, don’t I wish I was”
Haha, you’re a bad bad girl.
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Of course Alexander, did you have any doubts ? 😛
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This and the Brynner photos are wonderful. Thanks so much. I used to have a set of cards of nudes of Joe DiMaggio, Burt Lancaster, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Victor Mature, Tab Hunter (disputed), and Mickey Rooney, btu they are long-lost.
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Would have loved to see those ! ha !
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Didn’t he shoot Gianni Versace nude aswell…?
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I just checked. Actually he did but not a full frontal one. It’s owned by a private collector now. I had no idea so thanks for telling me! I had previously read that this HB one was a rare occurrence as Newton said several times that he’s not interested by the male body.
I liked his photo of Le Pen with his dogs, which I saw in Paris. Hope you enjoyed today’s post with Miss Bacall !
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helmut actualy did a nude of Gianni Versace! he’s laying on a sofa with leopart print, and a massive painting in the background!
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Hey ! Yes, I did check the Versace portrait and I loved it!
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