Brigitte Bardot: her life and times so far – in pictures". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 January 2017. Two months ago Rolf floated 3,500 candles on the lake in St Moritz in the shape of Scorpio in memory of his father. He located to France in 1958 which in itself was a brave move, says Rolf. "It took a special character to go and live in Paris in 1958 – which was 13 years after the war – as a German. It probably was quite difficult."

Willsher, Kim (13 September 2012). "Brigitte Bardot: celebrity crushed me". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 December 2020. Harvard graduate Pigozzi keeps houses in Geneva, New York, London, Cap d'Antibes and Harbour Island, and owns a beautiful yacht. He claims that he can't remember most of his life between the ages of 25 and 35. "I p***ed around. I chased girls. I took photographs," he says. Gunter Sachs was also interested in astrology, publishing a bestselling book on the subject and creating the grandly titled Institute for the Empirical and Mathematical Examination of the Possible Truth of Astrology in Relation to Human Behaviour. In the meantime, however, the burgeoning actress turned 18, and to her parent's dismay, she kept her word and married her mentor, Roger Vadim. But as Bardot would soon learn, marrying Vadim was a double-edged sword. The naysayers continued to demonize her roles, while out on the street paparazzi and avid fans dogged her every step. In the midst of all this chaos, Bardot finally found a soft place to land.

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Bardot was, and is, proud of her rebellious nature: "I gave a new image of the way you should be in life in the movies: New, blonde, free, not stuffy, not hung up, not like a little lady's maid, no little corset, no little collar...but stark naked." She became known for showing off her posterior during a time when it was absolutely scandalous to do so. But that was just the tip of the iceberg. Bardot had a small role in a Hollywood-financed film being shot in Paris in 1953, Act of Love, starring Kirk Douglas. She received media attention when she attended the Cannes Film Festival in April 1953. [36]

With millions at his fingertips, it was easy for Sachs to wow Bardot with every romantic gesture imaginable. Once, he went up in a helicopter in an effort to literally shower her with roses. She remembers the flowers gently falling into the garden, reminiscing on the moment fondly: "I was completely stunned—delighted." Completely swept up away by this whirlwind romance, Bardot made a hasty decision. Sachs is mentioned in Warhol's memoirs as one of the young Europeans who went to New York and had the whole Studio 54 experience. "At the time you didn't think much of it, but it was fun. You don't appreciate those moments enough because you don't realise." Surrealist work The Dam Busters'." Times [London, England] 29 December 1955: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.Bigot, Yves (2014). Brigitte Bardot. La femme la plus belle et la plus scandaleuse au monde (in French). Don Quichotte. ISBN 978-2-359490145. Sachs began buying works by the likes of Yves Klein, Jean Fautrier, César and Arman, who are far better known today than they were at the time. "He bought it for the love of the art."