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Because of her role as Princess Sisi, Romy Schneider became one of the most popular foreign actresses on the mainland.
This role made the young Romy a top European star in one fell swoop, but at the same time made Princess Sisi's fate reappear in Romy: the loss of her only child, her heartbreak and death.
The sad Romy, trapped in this role that made her famous in her youth, seemed to be haunted by a curse, and only lived for a short 43 years.
01 Little Loli of an acting family
Rozemarie Magdalena Albach was born in Vienna on 23 September 1938. Her mother, Magda Schneider, is German, and her father, Wolf Albach-Retti, was born in Austria, both of whom are actors. Because her parents were busy, Rosemary lived with her grandfather and grandmother from an early age.
Young Romy Schneider
Romy's father, Wolf, was a third-rate actor, but his mother, Rosa Albach-Retti, was a star at the Vienna State Theatre and was received by Emperor Franz Joseph. With such genes, little Romei's artistic talent is undoubted, as soon as she was born, she had the blood of an actor flowing on her body.
Wolf is a handsome and humorous man, but he spends his humor and energy on women outside. He has been away from home for a long time, and his relationship with his wife and daughter is quite tense.
Young Romy also used to look forward to his father's love, because when this man returned, he would carry his daughter on his back and take her around. Unlike his strict mother, the father likes to tell jokes and secretly teaches his daughter to speak foul language, and he makes an agreement with little Romy in her ear that he must carry his mother behind his back when he says it.
Little Romy giggled, feeling that he had a little secret in common with his father. It's a pity that once I leaked my mouth in front of my mother and was severely beaten by Magda.
Romy Schneider and his mother Magda
The father was lovely, but for Romy, this father was too far away, he was always away from home, and he spent even less time with her. Sometimes he would come back drunk, and before Romy could say a word to his father, a "war" would break out between his parents.
A few years later, his mother, Magda, added a younger brother to Romy, named Wolfgang Ditter. This may be Magda's last attempt to save the marriage, but alas, she fails. When my brother was 2 years old, the family broke up. The court awarded both children to Magda, after which the mother returned to Germany with a pair of children and placed both children under the eyes of their parents. Since then, Rozemarie Albach has changed her name to Romy Schneider.
Young Romy Schneider
In the eyes of her mother Magda, little Romy is not a well-behaved and peaceful child, she is a little bully at home, and she is also a mischievous child at school. Math is poor, he doesn't like calculations, and all the courses that need to work with numbers make little Romy miserable. Of all the school's classes, she enjoys only art and imaginative classes, such as painting, singing and history. As for geography and handicraft classes, let her go, because she was too active, and when it came to such a patient thing, little Romy couldn't help but lose her temper, so much so that the teachers were worried that she would not be able to pass the exam.
Young Romy Schneider
With a carefree childhood at the end, Romy must leave his grandfather for boarding school. Magda chose a girls' boarding school for Romy at Goldenstein Castle near Salzburg, Austria, but little Romy didn't do well here.
02 A stubborn girl grows up
For Romy, an 11-year-old girl suddenly leaves her familiar surroundings and is thrown into a boarding school far from home by her mother. She is not the type who is gentle and easy to mingle with her classmates. Of course, it is not the type of school bully, Romy has a small world in his heart. She often skipped school, and whenever there was a movie that appealed to her, she would sneak out to watch a movie with a few female classmates. Often missed curfew, reprimanded by teachers and written in a disciplinary record book.
Young Romy Schneider
However, no matter what punishment she received, Romy continued to teach her. So much so that Magda was invited to the school by the principal for a one-on-one interview. In Magda's expression, she is a very serious and responsible mother, but in Romy's mouth, everything is completely different. Romy kept an almost daily diary, in which she recorded in detail the time she spent at boarding school:
" As I wished, I really wanted to be an actor right away, just like Mommy."
"Yesterday, I ran into trouble again, but this time it really wasn't my responsibility..."
"Helga is really unbearable. She always kept notes and pens on her bedside table, ready to jot down the names of those who were restless at night. I can't get along with someone like that, I hate her..."
Young Romy Schneider
The lonely Romy kept writing in his diary: "In the four years of boarding, my mother only came to see me 3 times, and my father, the letters I wrote to him were like mud cows into the sea, and there was no reply. ”
In this way, where her parents could not see, the little girl stumbled to the age of 15, and she graduated from boarding school.
Back home, Romy seems to have changed a person, no longer loves to dress up as he did when he was a child, and smears himself with his mother's lipstick. She is no longer the violent temper of her childhood, she has become silent and does not like to speak. I never say at home what I want to do in the future, I don't dye my nails or wear makeup, and I don't look like girls my age.
Young Romy Schneider
This is something Magda will never understand, how a lonely boyhood as if exiled changed Romy's life.
Another painful event for Romy is that when she returns home she discovers that her mother has remarried to a businessman named Hans Herbert Brazheim. She had no idea that her mother had even thought to tell her. But Romy didn't say a word, she longed for maternal love, afraid of provoking her mother, as long as she could be with her family, she could do anything.
03 It's time to start making movies
Three days after Romy finished her studies at Goldenstein, her mother, Magda Schneider, led her to the Munich film studio. This is an audition for the film "When White Lilacs Reopens", in which there is a role of a young girl whose cast has not yet been determined. Romy's audition went very well, and at the age of 15, she successfully transformed into a film actress.
15-year-old Romy Schneider with his mother Magda
The successive releases of "A Queen's Girlhood" and "Fireworks" allowed Romy to gain a foothold in the German film industry. After that, the lucky girl was selected by director Ernst Malischka and won the role of "Sisi". The 17-year-old girl showed her innocence and liveliness, kindness and cuteness in the film, and she made Princess Sisi appear in front of everyone vividly. The whole of Europe was shaken, and Romy became Germany's "top class" two years after his debut. Mother Magda turned herself into her daughter's agent, and stepfather Hans became a producer, firmly controlling Romy's career.
Romy Schneider as "Princess Sisi"
Magda always said, "Honey, take care of your suitcase, dress yourself up beautifully, and we're leaving." Or, "Smile, Romy, remember to smile." ”
Romy loves acting, but she refuses to play the same type of role, and she doesn't want to be tied up by a role. Studios and producers, on the other hand, want Romy to continue playing the kind of roles that have been successful in the past, believing that it will make money without risk. When she was unwilling to appear in the second part of "Princess Sisi", her stepfather stood on the producer's side and forced Romy in turn: "Why refuse so many marks?" Do you know what Sissy brought you? Mother Magda also said: "Fame and notoriety are interdependent. Romy, Mommy believes you will choose the right path. ”
Romy Schneider as "Princess Sisi"
Romy felt bound forward, "I dragged Sissy everywhere, like a chicken... When I wanted to cry to relieve my distress, Sissy wanted to put on a cute smile. ”
Romy became a cash cow for his mother and stepfather, but no one cared what Romy was thinking or that she already needed a sedative to complete every performance. In the dead of night, Romy always asked himself: What's next? What else can I do right now? Should I go to Hollywood?
She didn't want to leave her mother very much, and being able to be with her every day was a life she had dreamed of since she was a child. But she was also afraid of such a life, and from morning to night in the studio, she sent the same type of script, and Romy felt that she should probably study the performing arts or participate in theater performances.
Young Romy Schneider
Just when she was wrapped up in life and moving forward, fate sent the script "When the Flower Moon Breaks the Intestines" into her hands.
04 First love that affects a lifetime
When Romy's plane landed at Paris airport, a handsome man was waiting on the tarmac with a bouquet of red roses. The 23-year-old Frenchman, Alain Delon, met for the first time without sparking, but soon their romance would make headlines across Europe.
Alain Delon
Romy doesn't speak French, and Alain doesn't know German, the two don't understand the language, and during the shooting, even when the two hugged and kissed, there was always a translator crouching at their feet. Despite this, this pair of handsome men and beauties burned the feelings in the play to the outside of the play with only their eyes and gestures, and after the filming of the film, Romy resolutely moved to Paris regardless of his career and his mother's obstruction, she wanted to be with Alain, no one could stop her.
Mother Magda said to her daughter: "Such a beautiful man will never belong to you alone!" ”
Romy replied, "I'm sorry mom, I can't help but be crazy about him..."
Romy and Alan's engagement banquet
Romy cuts the bond that binds her to her mother, she is so desperate for love and a new life, and for this, she does not hesitate to cut off the long-desired mother's love.
Romy threw herself into Alan's arms like a moth to a fire, and during that time, her beautiful face was still a little baby fat, but the smile in her eyebrows seemed to have honey.
Romy and Alan
However, a girl from a middle-class background, who has no worries about food and clothing since she was a child, has achieved the peak as soon as she debuted, and for such a Romy, love is the whole of life. But Alain Delon is different, from the bottom, his parents kicked him around like a leather ball after their divorce, he was dropped out of more than a dozen schools, and he spent all day playing with punks on the street. His father sent him to join the army, and he was also a good troublemaker in the army, he was dismissed from the army for repeated violations of military discipline, and lived in a cheap hotel on the rue de Pigalle in Paris' famous red-light district and lived on odd jobs and women's sponsorship. Such a man, he lacks love, no sense of security, and no sense of responsibility, there are too many people who love his skin, he only knows how to take. Before entering the film industry, he was eating by his face, Alain Delon had a lot of "girlfriends" before, he was a prodigal son of love who took what he needed, but when he met Romy, everything was different.
Romy and Alan filmed "When the Flower Moon Breaks the Intestines"
At this time, Romy was already famous in Europe, and Alain Delon had nothing but a handsome face, he had no money, no status, and no reputation. The Germans mocked him as a "Gallic rooster", and although Alain seemed to care, his inner inferiority never stopped clamouring. When he was with Romy, he was happy like a child, but in fact, the dark inferiority in his heart was like spreading thorns, growing everywhere. He didn't want to be treated as an accessory to Romy by others, and his desire to achieve fame had never been stronger.
Alain didn't want to get married, but to reassure Romy, they got engaged after 1 year of love.
Romy struggled to learn French and after a few months was able to stumble and communicate in French. She doesn't care about her once brilliant career, and since she came to France, she is willing to start with a supporting role. Romy gave everything for this love, but the prodigal son is a prodigal son after all, how many can really turn back for the beloved woman?
Romy and Alan
Romy and Alan
Alain cheated one at a time, there were men and women. Romy had quarreled with him, made trouble, and wanted to leave, but eventually endured it. She loved this man so much that she lost herself. Romy sadly wrote in his diary: "I live with him, but I am not my mother in the end, and people like him may need a mother, not a wife who knitted socks for him, cooked food, and waited for him at home." ”
Romy and Alan
Romy can humble himself to the dust and "share" his love with other men and women, but Alain refuses. Five years later, when Romy returned to the apartment after filming, he saw a bouquet of yellow roses and a card on the table that read: "Natalie and I went to Mexico, I wish you all the best." ”
This heart-wrenching love ended abruptly, and the dazed Romy cut his wrist. She was rescued by a friend, but alcohol and drugs have never left her life since.
05 Marriage is poison
After breaking up with Alan, Romy's whole spirit was gone, and she lived on alcohol in a muddle. Without Alain's France, everything is boring. She starts working again at the suggestion of a friend, using it to dilute the pain of love.
Romy Schneider
In 1965, 2 years after breaking up with Alain, Romy met actor and director Harry Mein at a restaurant in Bratsheim, the center of Europe. He was Jewish, 14 years older than Romy, and his main work was related to the theater world. Romy was already very interested in theater, and they soon got along. At this time, Harry and Annelis Lemer were husband and wife, and he hurriedly divorced his ex-wife for Romy, and then married Romy in the city of Saint-Jean-Fra the following year.
Romy Schneider
Romy officially bid farewell to France and returned to Berlin, Germany. Soon her son David Christopher Haubenstock was born in Berlin. Looking at this little life in front of him, Romy felt more satisfied and calm than ever. Her family life is happy and peaceful, and although she does not have the burning and passionate love of her first relationship, it is peaceful and peaceful, as if she can spend the rest of her life like this.
Romy Schneider with son
Romy and Harry Mayne
Romy wrote in his diary: "Marriage and motherhood can change a person. Only they make a person a real woman. ”
With a family and children, Romy seems to have found meaning in life. In 1970, she made 4 films, and between filming, she lived a peaceful life with her husband and son. Doing housework, watching movies with friends, and when she thought she would live like this for the rest of her life, fate hit her hard again.
Romy and Harry Mayne
Her husband, Harry Mayne's career came to a standstill, and in order to relieve his boredom, Harry began to drink heavily and then take drugs. He became suspicious, had to go to work with his wife, and then pointed fingers on the set, which made Romy very embarrassed. Romy wrote angrily in his diary: "I can't take it anymore, I've long wanted to throw this guy against the wall, I believe, this can't be repaired anymore." ”
Romy with his son David
Romy wants a divorce, Harry shows a terrible face, he wants Romy's property. In the end, Romy paid half of his fortune for a divorce and received custody of his son David. Harry moved to Hamburg, Germany, while Romy returned to Paris with his son.
The day after the divorce, Romy married her secretary, Danielle Biassini, who was 11 years her junior, and gave birth to a daughter, Sarah, but the marriage also ended in divorce 2 years later. The man took his daughter Sara away to the United States, leaving Romy and his son to rely on him.
Romy Schneider with her second husband
A few unsuccessful relationships made Romy age rapidly. If she broke up with Alan, she suddenly changed from a girl to a woman full of vicissitudes in her eyes. Then after the next two marriages, she was very thin, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were all wrinkled. The once plump apple muscle became shriveled, and the eyes were shining with fragments, as if a fire was about to burn out.
"Berliners hate me because I'm no longer a sweet, sentimental Sisi," she says. ”
06 The end of life is desolation
After the second divorce, Romy wrote: "These men told me they loved me when in fact they gave me nothing. ”
The problem of neurosis makes Romy inseparable from drugs. She is constantly hallucinating, in which she cannot find a place where she feels safe, she will be betrayed, abandoned, and there is no way to escape.
Romy Schneider
Smoking, drinking, and taking drugs is like an endless cycle.
At this time, the news of Harry's death arrived, and he finally did not resist the erosion of depression and ended his life with a rope in his apartment. Romy was in a trance by the death of his ex-husband, and once felt that every minute was torment when they were together, but when he died, he recalled those peaceful and happy times.
Romy Schneider with her second husband
Romy Schneider with his daughter
Romy Schneider with his daughter
After her ex-husband died, his son, David, who had grown up as a young boy, told Romy, "Mom, I don't want to live with you anymore because I can't see you at all." Romy was shocked, she felt that she had given all her love to her son David, but she did not expect that she was the same as her mother Magda at the time, an irresponsible mother who made her children feel lonely.
She collected her emotions and decided to cheer up, enrolled in alcohol rehab treatment, and planned to start over with her children. But years of drugs and alcohol had caused a tumor to grow in her kidney, and in 1981, Romy Schneider had to remove a kidney.
Romy Schneider with son David
Romy, who is missing a kidney, struggles to get up from the weakness after surgery, and she promises her son to live well with him and that she will be a good mother. Just as Romy was planning the rest of his life, bad news came that his son David was punctured by the tip of the artery while climbing over the wall of his grandparents because he did not have the key, and the rescue was ineffective.
That day, Romy's diary contained only one sentence:
July 5, 1981
Mom, my child... My child died...
Romy Schneider with her first husband and son David
Abandoned by his first love, Alain Delon, Romy gritted his teeth and walked over. One of her ex-husbands died and the other was far away across the ocean, and Romy used the company of his son David to support the years. Now, where does the strength to help her stay alive come from?
Who knows how long I'll be lucky enough to live, I may not live long, terrible things may happen. Birth, old age, sickness and death are inevitable for anyone. ”
Romy Schneider
She had no motivation to live and could not continue working. But the paparazzi refused to let her go, and she almost collapsed in public in the flash of light. Romy hid in his home, closed all the curtains tightly, did not dare to turn on the lights, and avoided the paparazzi. She couldn't sleep, so she took out the alcohol and medicine again, which only helped her barely sleep. Romy's friend Jean-Claude Briarily invited her to live in a country house, and her daughter Sara returned from the United States to accompany her, trying to make her summon up the courage to live, but Romy could not find the meaning of maintaining life.
Romy Schneider, 40
On May 10, 1982, Romy wrote his will, leaving all the inheritance to Laurent Petin and his daughter Sarah Biassini. After 19 days, she collapsed in front of her workbench and never woke up.
Romy Schneider
Doctors confirmed that Romy did not commit suicide, she died of a heart attack and heartbreak.
How much does Romy Schneider's death really have to do with Alain Delon? It's hard to say clearly now. Men and women love such things, it has always been your will, and you can't completely blame either party.
Romy Schneider
Romy had loved this man deeply, abandoned everything, and used all his strength. And after Alan, every marriage she seems to end in quarrels. Romy is no longer the girl who swallowed her voice and would never leave even if she shared her boyfriend with others. She began to be hysterical, scheming in love. Perhaps regrettably put himself too low in love back then, and the love Romy after that was pursuing perfection and could not accept the discord in marriage.
Romy Schneider
Love is salvation, marriage is a new life, Romy seems to have exhausted all her patience in the 5 years of living with Alan, she needs someone to tolerate her and take care of her, while she looks at each other with critical eyes and never gives in.
Romy's tragedy stems from his own character. This intelligent, strong girl, who does not understand human feelings, evades media interviews, despises the interference of the press, and runs around for this, like a deer that runs away after being frightened. She is as innocent and bright as a child, and as willful and stubborn and fickle as a child, which makes her interpretation of Princess Sisi so wonderful, and her life is bound to Sisi as if cursed.
Romy Schneider
Bankruptcy, illness, widowhood, loss of children, everything follows, if it is you, can you bear it? Romy is just an ordinary sensitive woman, who has relied on her beloved acting career and her son for many years, and when her son dies, she knows that everything is over.
Romy Schneider
When the man reached middle age, he met a movie fan, and the gentleman stepped forward and asked: "Are you Princess Sisi?" Romy was desperate in her heart, she was not Princess Sisi, just an ordinary, unfortunate woman.