Question: Which film has the director who died earlier, Alarm At Midnight or Uthiripookkal?

Song at Midnight( also known as Midnight Song, Singing at Midnight or literally" Midnight Voice") is a 1937 Chinese film directed by Ma- Xu Weibang, a director best known for his work in the horror genre. Often referred to as the first Chinese horror film," Song at Midnight" is a loose adaptation of the novel" The Phantom of the Opera"( Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) by Gaston Leroux, though the film injects a significant political subplot involving the leftist revolutionary movement to the original story. " Song at Midnight" did not easily evade the film censorship of Kuomintang, and its serious punishment to films dealing with horror or gods and spirits, or" superstition and heresy" at that time. In order to successfully evade censorship laws in China at the time, the director Ma- Xu Weibang, with a passion to maintain his creation, visited Tian Han several times to figure out how to better process the script to be approved under censorship. <SEP> Based on the short story" Chitrannai" by Pudhumaipithan, it stars Vijayan, Ashwini and Madhu Malini. The film focuses on a sadistic man who makes life miserable for everyone in his village, including his wife and children. " Uthiripookkal" was released on 19 October 1979. The film was a critical and commercial success, running for 175 days in theatres. Mahendran won the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director and S. Janaki won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback. Uthiripookkal is a 1979 Indian Tamil- language drama film, written and directed by J. Mahendran. In 2013, CNN- News18 included the film in its list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time. Although no print of" Uthiripookkal" is known to survive, the film is still available on home video. <SEP> Alarm at Midnight or Help! The film's sets were designed by the art director Alexander Ferenczy. Armed Assault! is a 1931 German thriller film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Hans Stüwe, Hans Brausewetter and Otto Wallburg. <SEP> Mahendran is regarded as one of the greatest film makers of Tamil cinema and has influenced several filmmakers of the generations followed. Mahendran entered the film industry as a screenwriter, writing scripts for nearly 26 films. He made an immediate impact with his first directional venture" Mullum Malarum"( 1978). Mahendran's next film" Uthiripookkal", based on a short story written by Pudumaipithan, firmly established him as an important filmmaker in Tamil cinema. His" Nenjathai Killathe" won three National Film Awards including the award for the best regional film. He has also acted in films during the latter part of his film career, including" Kamaraj"( 2004)," Theri"( 2016)," Nimir"( 2018) and" Petta"( 2019). Before his death, he was the head of the direction department of BOFTA Film Institute in Chennai. J. Alexander( 25 July 1939 – 2 April 2019), known professionally as Mahendran, was an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor, known for his work in the Tamil film industry. <SEP> He directed a number of films during the Weimar, Nazi and post- War eras, most notably" Fridericus"( 1936), one in a series of epics about Frederick the Great. Johannes Meyer( 13 August 1888 – 25 January 1976) was a German screenwriter and film director. <SEP> Abhishek Saxena is an Indian Bollywood and Punjabi film director who directed the movie Phullu. The Phullu movie was released in theaters on 16 June 2017, in which film Sharib Hashmi is the lead role. Apart from these, he has also directed Patiala Dreamz, this is a Punjabi film. This film was screened in cinemas in 2014.