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Helmut Berger - Visconti's darling
Once considered the most beautiful man in the world, Luchino Visconti made him a star.
Helmut Berger (* 29 May 1944 in Bad Ischl; † 18 May 2023 in Salzburg; real name Helmut Steinberger) was an Austrian film actor. He was one of the most popular stars of European cinema in the late 1960s and 1970s.
His collaboration with Italian director Luchino Visconti, with whom he also had a relationship, was considered artistically outstanding. He epitomised the breaking of sexual taboos in European cinema. He became particularly known for his portrayal of narcissistic and bisexual characters.
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Helmut cast a spell over Visconti and he created a star.
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A man who was so handsome for the era of European cinema in the sixties and seventies .... that he could even cast a spell on Madonna(sex the book Taschen Verlag).
The "It Boy of the European Jet Set".
Helmut Berger
Except for Helmut Berger, there are no interesting women today.
— Billy Wilder, referring to Berger's drag performance as Marlene Dietrich's The Blue Angel in The Damned (1969)
Helmut Berger is what I consider a perfect artist – very serious in his craft, intelligent in his thoughts, without any time or patience for "bullshit" or empty phrases that litter many people's everyday lives, conversations and relationships.
— Alexander Tuschinski, article about working with Berger on the film Timeless in 2015.
I think it's androgyny, whether it's David Bowie or Helmut Berger, that has really really influenced my work more than anything.
— Madonna, interviewed by Vince Aletti in 1999.
