Andrzej Żuławski was famous for his films and high-profile relationships with women. Thanks to Andrzej Wajda, he met his first wife, Małgorzata Braunek. Moments after the first meeting, the director cast the actress in a double main role in “The Third Part of the Night”. Their marriage celebrated its anniversary and they had a son, Xavery. After five years, the couple separated. “It’s difficult to live with Andrzej, everything has to be hysterical and emotional for him,” said the actress quoted by Onet.
Andrzej Żuławski has had high-profile relationships and even louder break-ups
The second woman Żuławski married was Hanna Wolska, with whom he had a son, Ignacy, but this marriage broke up after a few years. In quite a tense atmosphere. The former spouses did not spare biting remarks to each other after the breakup. Wolska left for San Francisco, and Żuławski wrote in his book “The Last Word” that by breaking off this relationship, he saved his life.
The Polish director met his third love in 1983 in the canteen of the Boulogne-Billancourt film studio near Paris. Then, only 17-year-old Sophie Marceau approached him and gave him notebooks with her poems and stories – says Pomponik. Żuławski was 43 years old then.
“I was delighted by the freshness of these notes and… the beauty of their author,” admitted the director in an interview for “Sukces”. The girl had already played a role in “Prywatka”, but her career was just gaining momentum. In turn, Żuławski had already gained a reputation and was a respected director.
Sophie Marceau met Żuławski when she was 17. She spent twice as long by his side
The creator cast a very young actress in the film “Night of the Night”, then they became a couple and lived together in his residence. A scandal broke out. It concerned not only the large age difference between the partners, but also Żuławski’s advantage in the professional sphere and the director’s already tarnished reputation.
Żuławski had a reputation as a tyrant. It was said that he could drive actors to despair just to achieve his goals. Isabelle Adjani, who starred in “The Possession”, spoke loudly about the fact that working with the director led her to a nervous breakdown. She even admitted that he often threatened her.
According to Wirtualna Polska, she was not the only one who had similar experiences. Tormenting actresses was allegedly a “favorite method” of working on the set. Sophie Marceau apparently did not experience similar situations or she accepted them and did not mention them. The actress made four films with her partner, and privately she spent 17 years with Żuławski. It was the longest relationship of a Polish director.
Sophie Marceau gave Żuławski an ultimatum. She lost
The couple broke up in 2001, and it was Sophie who decided to leave. The couple broke up apparently because of alcohol. Sophie moved in with her lover in Poland, but after a few years she decided that she was fed up with her partner who abused alcohol. She gave him an ultimatum and lost.
“I said: Alcohol, because you will leave anyway, you don’t belong here,” Żuławski was quoted as saying by “Retro”. The director’s brother, Mateusz Żuławski, said in an interview with “Gazeta Wyborcza” that the director was boycotting his relationship. “I knew it would end badly. It was impossible to lock the most famous French actress in the forest near Warsaw. Andrzej loved Zosia terribly, she was the love of his life. However, he did everything to make her leave him,” he said.
“Please note that I do not live among normal, honest eaters. My world is a mad world. My world is the world of Romek Polañski. Here, no marriage lasts longer than two or three years. All laws here are seriously sick” – Andrzej Żuławski explained in an interview for the “VIVA!” magazine.
Although Marceau was severely hurt, she is the only former partner of Żuławski who remembers her relationship with the director rather positively. She was the only one (among the creator’s former loves) who appeared at his funeral in 2016. “He opened me up, unlocked me as a human being and a woman. He talked a lot, suggested reading material, taught me. Thanks to him, I discovered the joy of creating,” she told “Twój Styl”.
Source: Gazeta
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