Piccolo (1959 film)

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Piccolo
Directed by Dušan Vukotić
Written byDušan Vukotić
Color process Eastmancolor
Production
company
Release date
  • 15 November 1959 (1959-11-15)
Running time
9 minutes
CountryYugoslavia
LanguageSerbo-Croat

Piccolo is a 1959 Yugoslavian film.

Plot

Two men live in neighboring apartments. They are good friends and help each other out however possible. However, when one of them starts playing his piccolo to accompany the song of a nearby bird, the other gets angry. They proceed to play louder instruments than the other, even hiring extra people to assist.

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