Alain Delon and Romy Schneider

When there is a meeting of two people so beautiful, charming and opposite to each other, it must inevitably end in love. In fact, this is what happened to this unforgettable couple - the respectable actress Romy Schneider and the reckless actor Alain Delon.





They met on the set of the film "Christina" and at first did not like each other at all. And what could a rich aristocrat, who by that time was already adored by the whole of Germany, have in common with a poor provincial actor with his father, a butcher, and his mother, a pharmacist, who lived in a squalid room and did not even have the worst car. But, against all odds, a sympathy arose between the then very young people, which soon grew into love, which infuriated Romy's mother, the famous actress Magda Schneider. Of course, she probably wanted a better groom for her daughter. But, despite the fact that it is difficult to go against your family, after filming, Romy flies to Paris, to her beloved. In general, the whole story of their love is a story of overcoming obstacles.



















Overcoming her mother's resistance, overcoming the fact that in Alain's eyes, Romy was still a representative of the class that he hated, and she, in turn, also had to fight her stereotypes, because no matter what you say, but Alain, due to his origin and upbringing, did not know etiquette, elementary rules of behavior for her, was little interested in books. And Romy decides to devote herself to her beloved, she teaches him all the skills of behavior in high society, instills an interest in books, discussing with him what she has read. She tried, dissolving in his life, to become indispensable for him.















Romy rejected all the contracts that were offered to her, lived only for him. Until one day I saw him in a café with some girl on his lap. His infidelities became obvious to her. But, it is quite possible that, despite this, she would continue to live with Alain, enduring everything out of love for him. But at this time, fame had already come to him, and the final break was his letter, in which he reported on Nathalie Barthélemy and the child that would be born to them. Five years of passions, partings and overcoming ended in nothing.















After that, both he and she were married, but could not erase this trace. She decided to commit suicide, because her son and ex-husband died, she divorced her second husband, and there was no love in her life. Later, when Romy was gone, Delon wrote her a letter published in one of the newspapers:

"You said that you don't know anything in life, but you can do everything in the movies. But the more success the actor achieves, the more unhappy he is. Isn't this what the fate of Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayward says? And your... This is a terrible profession for a woman. I say this as a man and an actor who knew and understood you better than anyone else. Someone will say that you were a myth. But this myth came home and turned into my Romy, a woman whose life was misunderstood, written about, condemned and persecuted. In its loneliness, such a myth wears out quickly. And the poor heart stops, because it is tired of beating. It has been pulled for too long"










Delon often says that Romy is the most frequent guest of his memories, but does it matter now, when nothing can be returned?