Question: Are the directors of films Old Khottabych and Thicker Than Water (1999 Film) both from the same country?
Sentence (from "Old Khottabych"): Starik Khottabych ("Old Man Khottabych" or "Old Khottabych") is a Sovcolor Soviet fantasy film produced in the USSR by Goskino at Kinostudyia Lenfilm (Lenfilm Studio) in 1956, based on a children's book of the same name by Lazar Lagin who also wrote the film's script, and directed by Gennadi Kazansky.
Relevant evidence: Yes