Larks on a String
Larks on a String is a 1969 Czech film directed by Jiří Menzel.
The film was banned by the Czechoslovak government, but was later released in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime.
It tells the stories of various characters considered bourgeois by Czechoslovakia's communist government in the 1950s, who have been forced to work in a junkyard for the purposes of re-education.
It won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.
The Merry Widow (1934 film)
The Merry Widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár.
It was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch and starred Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.
A French- language version was produced at the same time and released in France the same year as La Veuve joyeuse.
The Merry Widow (1962 film)
The Merry Widow( originally Die lustige Witwe) is a 1962 Austrian/ French musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Karin Hübner and Gunther Philipp.
It is based on the operetta" The Merry Widow" by Franz Lehár.
The Merry Widow (2007 film)
The Merry Widow is a 2007 French comedy film directed by Isabelle Mergault and starring Michèle Laroque and Jacques Gamblin.
A House of Sand
A House of Sand is a 1962 film.
Werner Jacobs
Werner Jacobs (1909–1999) was a German film director. .
He was born in Berlin on the 24 April, 1990.
He is best known for his contributions to Modebummel (1951), Der Stern von Santa Clara (1958) and André und Ursula (1955). .
Fredric Hope
Fredric Hope( January 22, 1900 – April 20, 1937) was an American art director.
He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for the film" The Merry Widow".
He was born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania and died in Hollywood, California.
Jiří Menzel
Jiří Menzel( born 23 February 1938, Prague) is a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter.
His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography.
Some of these films are adapted from works by Czech writers such as Bohumil Hrabal and Vladislav Vančura.
Menzel, a member of the Czech New Wave, became internationally famous in 1967, when his first feature film," Closely Watched Trains", won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
His controversial film" Larks on a String" was filmed in 1969, but was initially banned by the Czechoslovakian government.
It was finally released in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime.
The film won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.
Menzel was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film again in 1986 with his dark comedy" My Sweet Little Village".
In 1987, he was a member of the jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1989 he was a member of the jury at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival.
In 1995 he was a member of the jury at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival.
He was awarded a IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2013.
The Merry Widow (1918 film)
The Merry Widow is a 1918 Hungarian musical film directed by Michael Curtiz.
It is based on the operetta by Franz Lehár.
Incident in an Alley
Incident in an Alley is a 1962 film.

Question: Do both films Larks On A String and The Merry Widow (1962 Film) have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no