The Apartment Above

The Apartment Above (1937)

Piętro wyżej

The Neighbor from the Next Floor

Two apartment house dwellers, although unrelated, share the same name. One is an older man with an appreciation for and love of classical music, while the other is a younger man addicted to swing music. The niece of the older man arrives for a visit and gets into the wrong apartment. Complications arise.

Date of release
1937-02-18
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (21)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Comedy, Music, Romance
Director
Leon Trystan

Casting

Interesting facts

Neighbors is a 1937 Polish musical romantic comedy film directed by Leon Trystan and starring Eugeniusz Bodo, Józef Orwid and Helena Grossówna. Its plot follows two neighbors who, although unrelated, happen to have the same last name and are complete opposites of each other. Complications arise when the niece of the older, Hipolit Pompek arrives for a visit and gets into Henryk's apartment who immediately falls for her.

Production

Neighbors was produced by the studio Urania-Film under the direction of Witold Dybowski. The direction of the film was assigned to Leon Trystan, while the script for it was written by Emanuel Schlechter, Ludwik Starski and the film's star – Eugeniusz Bodo. The latter also took artistic direction of the film. Seweryn Steinwurzel was responsible for the film's cinematography.

The score for the film and its songs were composed by Henryk Wars, with Schlechter writing the words. Three songs appeared in Neighbors in total:

"Umówiłem się z nią na dziewiątą" (tango)

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