The Apartment Above

The Apartment Above

The Neighbor from the Next Floor

1937 · 84 min · ★ 7.2 · Comedy, Music, Romance

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.

Directed by Leon Trystan · Written by Ludwik Starski

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Eugeniusz Bodo Henryk Pączek
Helena Grossówna Lodzia Pączkówna
Józef Orwid Hipolit Pączek
Ludwik Sempoliński Kulka Kulkiewicz
Stanisław Woliński Protazy
Czesław Skonieczny Damazy
Feliks Chmurkowski Stefan Bonecki
Alina Żeliska Alicja Bonecka
Julian Krzewiński dyrektor Polskiego Radia
Stefan Laskowski muzyk grający na kontrabasie
Wincenty Łoskot muzyk grający na fagocie
Mieczysław Bil-Bilażewski pracownik radia występujący jako konferansjer na balu maskowym

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