The Idea is a 1932 French animated film by Austro-Hungarian filmmaker Berthold Bartosch, based on the 1920 wordless novel of the same name by Flemish artist Frans Masereel. The protagonist is a naked
A woman, representing an idea, confronts a crowd of workers.
Bartosch adapted Masereel's wordless novel The Idea (1920).
An ondes Martenot, an electronic instrument used in the score; likely the first instance of electronic music used in film
Arthur Honegger went on to have a prolific career scoring films.