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.
Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch (January 29, 1892November 30, 1947) was a German-American film director, producer, writer, and actor.
His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch".
Among his best known works are "Trouble in ParadiseDesign for LivingNinotchkaThe Shop Around the CornerTo Be or Not to Be" and "Heaven Can Wait".
In 1946, he received an Honorary Academy Award for his distinguished contributions to the art of the motion picture.
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.
Icaria (film)
" Icaria" is a Russian fantasy drama.
It was directed by Javor Gardev and starred Ivan Yankovsky and Mariya Fomina.
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.
Donald Brian
Donald Brian( February 17, 1877 – December 22, 1948) was an actor, dancer and singer born in St. John's, Newfoundland( now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada).
In 1907, he starred in the hit operetta" The Merry Widow".
Javor Gardev
Javor Gardev is a Bulgarian stage and film director.
He was born on February 23, 1972 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Gabriel Scognamillo
Gabriel Scognamillo( 27 October 1906 – 31 May 1974) was an Italian art director.
One of the first films he worked on was Jean Renoir's provocative 1931 film" La Chienne".
Two years later he had moved to Hollywood where one of his first films there was MGM's production of" The Merry Widow"( 1934) with Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.
Scognamillo also worked on several in the Andy Hardy, Maisie and Dr. Kildare series of films.
Some of his efforts in the 1950s include" The Great Caruso"( 1951)," The Story of Three Loves"( 1953), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and the children's science fiction film" Tobor the Great"( 1954).
One of his final films was the imaginative George Pal fantasy," 7 Faces of Dr. Lao"( 1964).
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.
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.

Question: Are the directors of films The Merry Widow (1934 Film) and Icaria (Film) both from the same country?
Answer: no