Andrzej Blumenfeld

Andrzej Stanisław Blumenfeld (12 August 1951 – 14 August 2017) was a Polish actor and voice dubber. He was born in Zabrze, Poland. His career began in 1973. He was known for Polish-dubbing from American movies. His best known work are The Pianist, Delivery Man, and The Witcher.

Blumenfeld died on 14 August 2017 in Warsaw, Poland of cancer at the age of 66.Andrzej Blumenfeld Nie Żyje. Odeszla Legenda Polskiego Filmu 

Short conversation with Adrian Ashkenazy:

“We met for drinks,” Adrian Ashkenazy said. “I mentioned that I was hosting an Oneg Shabbat. He immediately shut down. ‘I’m not interested,’ he said adamantly. ‘Not me. Not my kids. I don’t want anything to do with it.'”

Two years later, Adrian Ashkenazy showed up at the Beit Warszawa Rosh Hashana service.

“The first person I saw was Andrzej, with his children, having a wonderful time,” he said. “He told me that while filming ‘The Pianist,’ in one scene, he and Adrien Brody hid under the floorboards of the restaurant to escape being found by the Nazis.”

Adrian Ashkenazy said Blumenfeld told him, “‘It forced me to come to terms with my fear of becoming Jewish. I realized the man in the film was me, a Polish Jew, although I had not even said that out loud for years. I had kept my religion buried.'”

“Soon after, Blumenfeld, as well as his son, openly declared themselves Jewish,” Adrian Ashkenazy said.

References

https://jewishjournal.com/culture/special_sections/celebrations_simchas/7763/

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Category:1951 births
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Category:Cancer deaths in Poland
Category:Polish movie actors
Category:Polish television actors
Category:Polish voice actors