The Apartment Above (1937)
February 18, 1937Release Date
The Apartment Above (1937)
February 18, 1937Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Eugeniusz Bodo
Henryk Paczek, radio speaker
Józef Orwid
Hipolit Paczek, house owner
Helena Grossówna
Lodzia Paczkówna
Ludwik Sempoliński
Kulka Kulkiewicz
Stanisław Woliński
Protazy
Leon Trystan
Director
Czesław Skonieczny
Damazy
Emanuel Schlechter
Writer
Feliks Chmurkowski
Stefan Bonecki
Ludwik Starski
Writer
Alina Żeliska
Alicja Bonecka
Henry Vars
Composer
Julian Krzewiński
dyrektor Polskiego Radia
Seweryn Steinwurzel
Cinematographer
Stefan Laskowski
muzyk grający na kontrabasie
Wincenty Łoskot
muzyk grający na fagocie
Mieczysław Bil-Bilażewski
pracownik radia występujący jako konferansjer na balu maskowym
Eugeniusz Koszutski
wodzirej na balu maskowym
Ludwik Perski
muzyk grający na klarnecie i saksofonie
Aleksander Suchcicki
Adamski, pracownik radia
Kazimierz Szerszyński
uczestnik balu maskowego
Ștefan Norris
Set Designer
Jacek Rotmil
Set Designer
Witold Dybowski
Production Manager
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 18, 1937
Original NamePiętro wyżej
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 24m
Genres
Wiki.
Neighbors (Polish: Piętro wyżej) 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 (Henryk and Hipolit Pompek) 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.
The film was awarded the main prize at the Polish Film Festival in Lviv in 1938. September the same year, Piętro wyżej was dubbed in Yiddish and released under the title Shkhnim. Famous Polish-Jewish actor Menasze Oppenheim starred in the lead role. Neighbors is one of the most popular Polish pre-war films. Heavily inspired by pre-Code motion pictures, the film is noted for the first ever on-screen depiction of a drag queen.