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Piccolo, Saxo and Company

  1. Overview
  2. Fact Sheet

The puppet film Piccolo, Saxo and Company tells the story of a family of stringed instruments on their quest to find other families of musical instruments. They succeed, and in the end the symphony orchestra is born.

The film

  • Film identity

    Original title: Piccolo, Saxo and Company

    Directed by: Jan COOLEN

    Country: Netherlands

    Year of production: 1959

    Running time: 14 min 09 s

  • Technique

    Category: Short film

    Techniques used:

  • Credits

    Directed by: Jan COOLEN

    Production: Joop GEESINK

    Artistic direction: Jan Coolen

    Animation: Geert Bekker-Knoef, Joop Bekker, Harry Tolsma

    Camera: Geert Bekker-Knoef, Joop Bekker