To this day, he is considered one of the greatest directors in Polish cinema. His artistic achievements included such productions as “Civil War”, “The Ring and the Rose” and all versions. It was not only appreciated by viewers and critics, but also popular among women. –He had the ability to establish intense relationships with women. He acted on them like a magnet – the composer and privately friend, Andrzej Korzyński, talked about him in the “Pani” magazine.
Gruza’s third wife starred in “Czterdziestolatek”. On the set, he fell in love with an actress who was 22 years his junior
Although he had affairs with many women, he got married three times. His first wife was Jadwiga, with whom he had a son. After the divorce, he married Natalia, an English teacher, but this relationship did not survive the test of time. When he got together with Grażyna Lisiewska, it seemed that he had finally found happiness. They got married, and soon their Paweł, today a renowned lawyer and government official, was born. Beloved starred in several of his productions, including: a laboratory technician in “The Forty-Year-Old”. Interestingly, it was on the set of this series that he met an actress who was over two decades younger than her, with whom he developed a deep bond after many years.
It was Tatiana Sosna-Sarno, a then 23-year-old graduate of the Warsaw theater school, who appeared in one of the episodes as nurse Małgosia. He immediately noticed her talent and was amazed by her beauty, but it never even occurred to him that their relationship might one day go beyond the professional one. At that time, he was still madly in love with the mother of his second child.
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Everything changed when in 1992 Gruza decided to move from Gdynia, where his wife and son stayed, to Warsaw. It was then that he visited the “El Molino” pizzeria that Sosna-Sarno ran on Aleje Solidarności. – In the 1990s, it was difficult for actors and they had to earn some money. It was the first pizzeria in Warsaw where actors worked as waiters, she said in one of the interviews. This time, the director did not want to offer her the role, although they later met several times on the set, but they did business together. He had a place in mind, but he lacked the funds to buy it. – I said that I would finance everything, and then we would share the profits and I would take my share – she said, adding that this is how the “Scena” club was created, which brought together the artistic community.
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It is worth mentioning that at that time the actress was the wife of Krzysztof Szymański, with whom she had a daughter and a son, and although many speculated that she was with the director, in fact they were only connected by friendship. – Jurek had various loves that didn’t interest me at all. Sometimes he asked if I was jealous. And he didn’t believe I wasn’t. And I was really happy that he was happy. And when he was unhappy, I experienced it just like he did – she said in “Viva”. Gruza never hid the fact that he did not have the best relationship with his wife, especially towards the end of his life their contact was limited to an absolute minimum, but he still decided not to marry her. However, he had support from Tatiana, who was at his every beck and call. – He said that I was his support and he wouldn’t be able to cope without me. And I felt like a real caregiver. He treated me like a life partner, she recalled.
Ultimately, the actress with her husband, and then she never got involved with any other man. Years later, she admitted that she secretly had feelings for Gruza and believed that they would be together one day, but she did not encourage him to leave the family. – There was definitely love there somewhere. He wanted me to be close and it made me feel better. He called and demanded meetings. All my time was under the sign of Jerzy – she admitted with sincerity. Nevertheless, when at the end of his life he asked her to live with him, she refused. However, she did not hide the fact that she was waiting for him to ask her to marry him and when asked if she would become his wife, she would answer affirmatively without hesitation. If you feel like it, vote in our poll below.
Source: Gazeta
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