L'Idée
English title: The Idea
- Studio
- Independent, Les Studios du Théâtre du Vieux Colombier
Synopsis
A naked woman represents a thinker's idea. She goes out into the world, the frightened authorities unsuccessfully try to cover up her nudity. A man who stands up for her is executed, and a workers' revolution she inspires is violently suppressed by big business.
Characters
Woman, Man
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Berthold Bartosch
Writing
- Writer
- Berthold Bartosch
- Based On The Novel "L'Idée" By
- Frans Masereel
Music
- Music
- Arthur Honegger
Animation
- Animator
- Berthold Bartosch
Production notes
Silent Film.
Many multiplane shots, some exhibiting up to four levels of animation and up to eighteen camera superimpositions.
The films score and soundtrack by Arthur Honegger used a Martenot, possibly the first use of an electronic instrument for a film.
Bartosch, a Bohemian/Hungarian, was an assistant to Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger on Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed and other animated films. He would have been exposed to German Expressionism during his time at the UFA studios. He spent two years animating this film.
Film historian William Moritz called The Idea: "the first animation film created as an artwork with serious, even tragic, social and philosophical themes"
Many multiplane shots, some exhibiting up to four levels of animation and up to eighteen camera superimpositions.
The films score and soundtrack by Arthur Honegger used a Martenot, possibly the first use of an electronic instrument for a film.
Bartosch, a Bohemian/Hungarian, was an assistant to Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger on Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed and other animated films. He would have been exposed to German Expressionism during his time at the UFA studios. He spent two years animating this film.
Film historian William Moritz called The Idea: "the first animation film created as an artwork with serious, even tragic, social and philosophical themes"