Jakub Goldberg ( Kuba Goldberg) (August 29, 1924 in

Warsaw, Poland Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-cen ...

– April 27, 2002 in

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) was a Polish scriptwriter, assistant director and actor. A graduate of the prestigious Polish Film School in Łódź, Goldberg was a well-known personality in the post-war Polish film community. He worked as a collaborator and assistant director for Polish film directors such as Andrzej Munk,

Jerzy Kawalerowicz Jerzy Franciszek Kawalerowicz (19 January 1922 – 27 December 2007) was a Polish film director and politician, having been a member of Polish United Workers' Party from 1954 until its dissolution in 1990 and a deputy in Polish parliament since ...

, and

Roman Polanski Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a (né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two ...

. As an actor, most notably he starred as one of the two men carrying the wardrobe (opposite

Henryk Kluba Henryk may refer to: * Henryk (given name) * Henryk, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, a village in south-central Poland * Henryk Glacier, an Antarctic glacier See also * Henryk Batuta hoax The Henryk Batuta hoax was a hoax perpetrated on the Polish ...

) in

's award-winning landmark short film ''

Two Men and a Wardrobe ''Two Men and a Wardrobe'' ( pl, Dwaj ludzie z szafą) (1958) is a short Polish black and white silent movie directed by Roman Polański. Plot The film features two men, played by Jakub Goldberg and Henryk Kluba, who emerge from the sea carr ...

'' (1958). He also played the electricity meter man in Polanski's short film ''

When Angels Fall ''When Angels Fall'', or ''Gdy spadają anioły'', is a short film written and directed by Roman Polański in 1959. The idea for the film was taken from a short story "Klozet Babcia" (aka "Toilet Granny"), written by Leszek Szymański and publ ...

'' (1959). He was co-writer and assistant director of Polanski's feature debut ''

Knife in the Water ''Knife in the Water'' ( pl, Nóż w wodzie) is a 1962 Polish psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Roman Polanski in his feature debut, and starring Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, and Zygmunt Malanowicz. Its plot follows a husb ...

'' (1962). The Communists forced him to leave Poland, his home, in 1969, and he later became a lecturer at the film academy in Copenhagen.

Selected filmography

Actor

* '' Gdy spadają anioły'' (a.k.a. ''

'' ) as the Meter Man (

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

) * '' Dwaj ludzie z szafą'' (a.k.a. ''

'') as Man with a Wardrobe (

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

)

Writer

*'' Nóż w wodzie'' (a.k.a. ''

'') (

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

)

External links

* 1924 births 2002 deaths 20th-century Polish Jews Łódź Film School alumni Male actors from Warsaw Polish emigrants to Denmark {{Poland-writer-stub