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Philips Radio


1931 / The Netherlands / sound / B&W / 36 min / 35mm

Director, Script: Joris Ivens
Camera: Joris Ivens, Jean Dréville, John Fernhout, Mark Kolthoff
Editors: Joris Ivens, Helen van Dongen
Music: Lou Lichtveld
Production company: CAPI Amsterdam
Commissioned by: Philips Eindhoven N.V.


The first Dutch sound film and another avant-garde masterpiece. Philips Radio is an ode to technological progress as well as a critique of monotonous labor. Ever-repeating actions at stamping machines and on an assembly-line, and continuous light bulb-blowing illustrate the dullness of the physically demanding work. Although it was a company-sponsored film, several Philips branches refused to show the film because of its social content.

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