| Umówiłem się z nią na 9-tą | |
| Language: | Polish |
| Published: | by Nowa Scena, Warsaw, Poland[1] |
| Artist: | Eugeniusz Bodo |
| Genre: | Traditional pop |
| Composer: | Henryk Wars |
| Lyricist: | Emanuel Schlechter |
"Umówiłem się z nią na dziewiątą" ("I Have a Date With Her at 9 p.m.") is a song composed by Henryk Wars with lyrics by Emanuel Schlechter. It was originally performed by a Polish actor Eugeniusz Bodo in the musical romantic comedy film Neighbors (1937).[1]
Associated with the nostalgic interwar period of rising cinema and music culture in Poland, the song remains one of the most popular Polish pop songs of all time.[2] [3]
"I Have a Date With Her at 9 p.m." was written by Polish-Jewish composer Henryk Wars (later known as Henry Vars) and lyricist Emanuel Schlechter for the 1937 film Neighbors (Piętro wyżej).[1]
The song appears in a scene where the main character, being the radio announcer, while relaying information to the audience, starts singing the song. Its lyrics tell the story of a man who can't wait to meet with a woman, with whom he made an appointment for 9 pm. According to its composer Henryk Wars, he came up with the idea of the song while reading the movie's screenplay.[4]
An instrumental, piano arrangement of the song appears twice in The Pianist (2002) by Roman Polanski. First, "Umówiłem się z nią na 9-tą" is played by Władysław Szpilman in a restaurant in the Warsaw Ghetto, and the second time it is heard being played by a next door neighbour while Szpilman is in hiding at an apartment.[5]