"The meeting is dancing" - Kaigi wa Odoru

Japanese: 《会議は踊る》 - かいぎはおどる

…An inter-state conference held in Vienna after the Napoleonic Wars to reorganize the political system of Europe. The conference lasted from the preliminary conference on September 18, 1814 to the conclusion of the final protocol on June 9, 1815, but no general conference was held during that time. Instead, the details were worked out mainly in committees made up of representatives of the major powers. As symbolized by the title of the film The Congress Dances, it was a backstage feast of diplomacy, with the emphasis on intrigue and strategy. More than 200 representatives of nations participated in the conference, and Austrian Foreign Minister Metternich served as chairman. …

From German Films

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[The Talkie Era: The Establishment of Tobis and the Activities of Director Papst]
Talkies started in Germany about three years later than in the United States, but Germany soon perfected its own talkie system, the Tobis-Klangfilm system, and full-scale production began around 1929.At the same time, a high level of trust developed, and the two major film companies, Ufa and Tobis, came to dominate the market. Films produced in this field include Melodies of the World (1929) directed by Walter Ruttmann, The Blue Angel (1930) directed by Josef von Sternberg, M (1931) directed by Lang, The Congress Dances (1931) directed by Eric Charel, Virgins in Uniform (1931) directed by Leontine Sagan, Unfinished Symphony (1933) directed by Willi Forst, and Twilight in Vienna (1934).The anti-Nazi director Papst also produced controversial works such as the anti-war film 1918 on the Western Front (1930), The Threepenny Opera (1931), which sharply depicts the corruption and hypocrisy of capitalist society, and The Coal Mine (1931), which depicts international solidarity among workers, and contributed to the establishment of "talkie art" in Germany.
[Hitler and the Movies]
Hitler, who came to power in 1933, attempted to Nazify German film through Minister of Propaganda Goebbels, making UFA a state-sponsored film company under Nazi control, and further expelling Jews and liberal filmmakers, turning German film into Hitler's propaganda organ (many filmmakers left Germany during this period, including Lang, who went to the United States in 1933).

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "The Meeting is Dancing" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ナポレオン戦争後，ヨーロッパの政治的再編のためウィーンで開かれた列国会議。会議は1814年9月18日の予備会談から翌15年6月9日の最終議定書の締結まで続いたが，その間全体会議は一度として開かれず，もっぱら大国代表からなる委員会で具体的な詰めが行われ，映画《会議は踊る》の題名に象徴されているように，それは権謀術策を旨とする舞台裏の饗宴外交であった。会議には200人以上の国家の代表が参加し，オーストリア外相メッテルニヒが議長となった。…

【ドイツ映画】より

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［トーキー時代――トビス社の設立とパプスト監督の活躍］
　トーキーは，アメリカより約3年遅れて出発したが，まもなくドイツ独自のトーキー･システム〈トビス･クラングフィルムTobis‐Klangfilm式〉が完成され，1929年ころから本格的な製作が始まり，同時に高度なトラスト化が進んでウーファとトビスTobisの二大映画会社が市場を支配した。ワルター･ルットマン監督《世界のメロディ》(1929)，ジョゼフ･フォン･スタンバーグ監督《嘆きの天使》(1930)，ラング監督《M》(1931)，エリック･シャレル監督《会議は踊る》(1931)，レオンティーネ･ザガン監督《制服の処女》(1931)，ウィリー･フォルスト監督《未完成交響楽》(1933)，《たそがれの維納（ウイーン）》(1934)などがつくられ，また反ナチスの監督パプストは反戦映画《西部戦線一九一八年》(1930)，資本主義社会の腐敗と偽善を痛烈に描いた《三文オペラ》(1931)，労働者の国際的連帯を描いた《炭坑》(1931)などの問題作をつくり，ドイツの〈トーキー芸術〉確立に寄与した。
［ヒトラーと映画］
　1933年に政権を握ったヒトラーは，宣伝相ゲッベルスを通じてドイツ映画のナチス化をはかり，ウーファをナチス支配下の独占的な国策映画会社とし，さらにユダヤ人や自由主義的な映画人を追放して，ドイツ映画をヒトラーの宣伝機関化した(1933年渡米したラングなど，多くの映画作家がこの時期にドイツを離れている)。…

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