Neighbors (1937 film)

Heavily inspired by pre-Code motion pictures, the film is noted for the first ever on-screen depiction of a drag queen in Polish cinema.

The situation is further complicated by the arrival of Hipolit's young relative named Lodzia, with whom (with reciprocity) Henryk falls in love.

In addition to situational comedy and witty dialogues, the success of the film was also ensured by songs performed by Eugeniusz Bodo, that all turned out to be hits.

Mieczyslaw Hoszowski wrote the following about the film:They found people who showed shamelessness on the screen to the masses and made them believe it was the height of artistry.

[7]Also, the reviewer of the right-wing Prosto z mostu A. Mikulowski expressed disapproval of the Mae West parody scene: when "Bodo appears dressed as a woman, arousing the enthusiasm of the less picky audience, then the hands folded in applause fall down".

Paula Apanowicz of the Oldcamera.pl portal stated that Trystan's film was "a journey into a distant era - an encounter with a laughing interwar, feeling on the back of one's neck the cool breath of the catastrophe that was about to happen in a moment".

Eugeniusz Bodo as Mae West
Eugeniusz Bodo as actress Mae West