- “It hit us. We looked each other in the eyes, we listened to jazz” – Pakulnis says about the first meetings with his beloved
- Krzysztof Zaleski and Maria Pakulnis shared passions, they liked to work, play and dance together. Marriage was a colorful time. Full of love and outbursts, because – as the actress says – being together is never just an idyll
- “We had two terrible years of leaving together. I was with him all the time” – this is how Pakulnis recalls one of the most difficult periods in his life
- Recently, the media started writing about Maria Pakulnis becoming closer to Jan Frycz. They have known each other for over 30 years
- You can find more such stories on the Onet.pl homepage
Maria Pakulnis She confessed that before meeting her husband, director Krzysztof Zaleski, she was in love only twice. Her first love was a friend from high school. The actress had a romantic, but unfulfilled feeling for him, which died when the boy, after graduating from high school, decided to go to the United States forever.
Pakulnis’s second love was surgeon Bogdan, who … also tried to persuade her to go overseas. It was only the third time around that she found the right man – director Krzysztof Zaleski, although the beginnings of their love were not easy. They met in the Ateneum theater in Warsaw, where they worked together, as Maria Pakulnis told in the “Pani” magazine:
Wedding in tight shoes and with a bandage on the toe
However, Krzysztof Zaleski was married at the time, he also had a small, only three-year-old daughter. Maria Pakulnis did not want to break his marriage. They both decided to become friends, but fate decided otherwise. Zaleski, after a year, when his marriage started to go wrong, decided to part with his wife and moved to live with Maria Pakulnis.
“I remember sitting at night in the tiny kitchen of the rented apartment. We ate bread and cucumber, drank the hundredth tea and talked about everything. With him, I discovered the world, I learned a new life ” – said the actress in the pages of “Życie na hot”.
Three years later, Maria Pakulnis and Krzysztof Zaleski got married. The wedding reception was held in the apartment of actor Adam Ferency. “I was a witness at their wedding. Marysia was wearing such a lovely mini dress and a solid bandage on her finger. But I don’t remember why, “Krystyna Tkacz recalled in” Pani “magazine.
Maria Pakulnis came to her aid with the solution of this puzzle. She revealed: “A veal lady would come to the theater once a week. I bought meat for a wedding dinner, which I was supposed to prepare myself. A friend took me home with these packages. And as I closed the car door, I pinched my finger pointing “.
As a qualified nurse (before she went to the drama school in Warsaw, she graduated from nursing school) Pakulnis made a professional dressing and bandaged her arm, about which she said: I went to the wedding with a bandage“Maria Pakulnis also perfectly remembers her wedding dress, which she told about in” Pani “.
“The dress was ordinary, Indian, made of cotton. But I was already crazy about shoes, so I made them to order. They came out beautiful, but unfortunately a bit too tight and uncomfortable. And when we left the office, the entire Contemporary band was standing in front of him and singing nam songs “- confessed the actress.
The marriage with Krzysztof Zaleski brought Maria Pakulnis to many turbulent periods
Three years after their marriage, their son Jan was born. And although Maria Pakulnis always repeats that in her marriage she was the happiest in the world, she does not hide that with Krzysztof they were a “turbulent marriage”.
“We shared passions, we liked to work, play and dance together. It was a colorful time. Full of love and outbursts, because being together is never just an idyll. Our house was a bit crazy, artistic, but alive. We were like an Italian family. And we always supported each other. For better and for worse, “says the actress.
At the same time, she could count on her husband both privately and in professional matters. Krzysztof Zaleski spoke about his wife “She needs unconditional acceptance, which can be difficult “. And Maria Pakulnis admitted “Krzysztof had great sensitivity to other people, a strong personality, and unchanging views about life, work. There are rarely such people. “
Krzysztof Zaleski has directed many plays in which the actress played, incl. “The Wedding” by Gombrowicz, “The Tempest” by Shakespeare, “Little Apocalypse” by Konwicki, “The Threepenny Opera” by Brecht or “Dresser” by Harwood. Together they only played once in the movie, performing in Mirosław Borek’s “Konsul”. But they shot together… just one scene.
“They were both in the process of shooting for other productions and we shot the rest of the scenes first with Marysia and then with Krzysztof. They were together only after the painting was assembled. It is hard to believe that despite so many years of professional and life community, the scene in “Konsul” is their only common scene in the film at all “- recalled director Mirosław Bork in” Pani “.
Maria Pakulnis lost her joy of life after her husband’s death
Although they had a successful marriage for 27 years, It was not without crises. They most seriously survived when the director was attracted to another actress, Joanna Trzepiecińska and had a stormy romance with her. JFinally he returned to his wife. Unfortunately, in 2006 it turned out that Zaleski had a brain cancer.
“We’ve had two terrible years of leaving together. I was with him all the time“- recalls one of the most difficult periods in her life, the actress. Krzysztof Zaleski died in 2008 at the age of 60. Maria Pakulnis left then the joy of life.
“Communing with such an erudite, with such an artist as Krzysiek was … He was a great gentleman” – recalls her husband and admits that it was her love at first sight. “In the last time, we both realized that we were very close and devoted all our lives. “ – said the actress for “Styl.pl”.
Cooking and… new love?
Maria Pakulnis believes that her and Krzysztof Zaleski’s son paid a terrible price.
“He was then just before his final exams. In fact, from the first grade of high school, he lived with the knowledge that his father was terminally ill because doctors diagnosed a brain tumor.. They were very closely tied, they shared many passions “- she said.
He knows that the son survived his father’s death terribly. But she thinks that her husband has managed to pass on to his son important values regarding relationships with another human being, respect and listening skills, and Janek has these qualities in him. “I taught him how to be resourceful, because, for example, he can cook very well. I believe I didn’t make a mommy out of him “ – added the actress.
Cooking has been Maria Pakulnis’s great passion for years. In 2017, she even published a book in which she described the flavors of Italian, Silesian and Masurian cuisine. “Kitchen Scenes” was created in cooperation with the well-known chef Janusz Mizera. For some time, the actress was even associated with him privately. Recently, however, the media began to write about the fact that Maria Pakulnis got closer to Jan Frycz. They have known each other for over 30 years. More than once they had the opportunity to meet on stage. They played, among others marriage in the play “Victoria”, which was broadcast in the TV Theater. And recently they met on the set of the “Osiecka” series. Surely Pakulnis and Frycz have a special affection for each other.
Pakulnis says “I’m learning to be happy. I regain joy after meeting my son and friends. When I feel sad, I tell myself: You have a wonderful son, good health, a job you love and your favorite garden in front of the house. I try to look at myself from the side to see if I am really going the right way. Every day I do an examination of conscience so that I do not regret anything in my life. ”
The actress also adds that she would like to be loved “True, without pretending or fighting. I try to be optimistic about the future. I want to believe that all the best is still ahead of me. “
Sources:
Maria Pakulnis: It doesn’t have to be perfect anymore, Lady
Pakulnis Learns To Live Without A Husband, Fact
Maria Pakulnis. A daring actress, TVP’s attention
Maria Pakulnis got closer to Jan Frycz. Is it just friendship? virtual Poland
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