Boris Grigoryevich Plotnikov (Russian: Борис Григорьевич Плотников , born 2 April 1949) is a Soviet and Russian film actor.
 His film debut was as Sotnikov in "The Ascent", the acclaimed final film of Russian director Larisa Shepitko.
André Berthomieu (16 February 1903 – 10 April 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director.
 He was married to the actress Line Noro.
Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman (French: Mademoiselle Josette ma femme) is a 1950 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Odile Versois, Fernand Gravey and Robert Arnoux.
 It is based on the 1906 play of the same title by Robert Charvay and Paul Gavault which Berthomieu had previously made into a 1933 film "Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman".
Elem Germanovich Klimov (Russian: Эле́м Ге́рманович Кли́мов ; 9 July 1933 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet Russian film director.
 He studied at VGIK, and was married to film director Larisa Shepitko.
 Klimov is best known in the West for his final film, 1985's "Come and See" ("Иди и смотри"), which follows a teenage boy in German-occupied Belarus during the German-Soviet War and is often considered one of the greatest war films ever made.
 He also directed dark comedies, children's movies, and historical pictures.
Not So Stupid (French: Pas si bête) is a 1946 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Bourvil, Suzy Carrier and Bernard Lancret.
 In 1928 Berthomieu had made a silent film of the same name.
Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman (French: Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme) is a 1933 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Annabella, Jean Murat and Edith Méra.
 It is based on the 1906 play of the same title by Robert Charvay and Paul Gavault.
 Berthomieu himself remade the film in 1950.
Larisa Efimovna Shepitko (Russian: Лари́са Ефи́мовна Шепи́тько ; Ukrainian: Лариса Юхимівна Шепітько ; 6 January 1938 – 2 July 1979) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and actress.
Not So Stupid (French: Pas si bête) is a 1928 French silent comedy film directed by  André Berthomieu and starring Andrée Gilda, René Lefèvre, and Jean Heuzé.
 Berthomieu remade the film in 1946.
The 27th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June – 5 July 1977.
 The festival opened with "Nickelodeon" by Peter Bogdanovich.
 The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet Union film "The Ascent" directed by Larisa Shepitko.
 The retrospective dedicated to Marlene Dietrich was shown at the festival.
 It was divided into two parts, "Part 1" was shown this year.
The Ascent (Russian: Восхождение , tr.
 "Voskhozhdeniye") is a 1977 black-and-white Soviet drama film directed by Larisa Shepitko and made at Mosfilm.
 The movie was shot in January 1974 near Murom, Vladimir Oblast, Russia, in appalling winter conditions, as required by the script, based on the novel "Sotnikov" by Vasil Bykaŭ.
 It was Shepitko's last film before her death in a car accident in 1979.
 The film won the Golden Bear award at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival in 1977.
 It was also selected as the Soviet entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Question: Are André Berthomieu and Larisa Shepitko both from the same country?
Answer: no