Jakub Goldberg ( Kuba Goldberg) (August 29, 1924 in Warsaw, Poland – April 27, 2002 in Copenhagen, Denmark) 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, and
Roman Polanski
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański (; born 18 August 1933) is a Polish and French filmmaker and actor. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Roman Polanski, numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three Britis ...
. As an actor, most notably, he starred as one of the two men carrying the wardrobe (opposite
Henryk Kluba) in Polanski's award-winning landmark short film ''
Two Men and a Wardrobe'' (1958). He also played the electricity meter man in Polanski's short film ''
When Angels Fall'' (1959). He was co-writer and assistant director of Polanski's feature debut, ''
Knife in the Water'' (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. ''
When Angels Fall'' ) as the Meter Man (
1959)
* ''
Dwaj ludzie z szafą'' (a.k.a. ''
Two Men and a Wardrobe'') as Man with a Wardrobe (
1958)
Writer
*''
Nóż w wodzie'' (a.k.a. ''
Knife in the Water'') (
1962
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1924 births
2002 deaths
20th-century Polish Jews
Łódź Film School alumni
Male actors from Warsaw
Polish emigrants to Denmark
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