Big and Small

(1970)

Genres: Documentary, Music

Year: 1970

Runtime: 34 мин

Country: Yugoslavia

Director: Đorđe Kadijević

Cast: Yehudi Menuhin, Milka Stojanović

Plot

After the concert event held in the "Dom sindikata" in Belgrade, the great violinist Yehudi Menuhin talks about his Stradivarius violin, the value it has for him and about the world of music in which he lives. In a roadside tavern near Šabac, opera diva Milka Stojanović talks with a folk singer, they talk about their jobs, similarities and differences. Finally, a Roma violinist from the village of Grošnica proudly talks about his violin, which he inherited from his grandfather, on which he now plays, and keeps it for his descendants. All the heroes of this film talk about their love for their profession, about their seriousness and responsibility towards their profession, about their passion for music, about the joy that the life they have chosen gives them.