Question: Do both films Wounded Game and Invitation to the Dance (film) have the directors that share the same nationality?

The film is unusual in that it has no spoken dialogue, with the characters performing their roles entirely through dance and mime. Kelly appears in all three stories, which feature leading dancers of the era including Tommy Rall, Igor Youskevitch, Tamara Toumanova and Carol Haney. The movie began filming on August 19, 1952, but was not completed until 1954 becoming one of MGM's longest shoots. Its release was delayed until 1956 because of doubts at Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer about its commercial viability. Invitation to the Dance is a 1956 anthology film consisting of three distinct stories, all starring and directed by Gene Kelly. The movie was a failure at the box office, but is regarded today as a landmark all- dance film. <SEP> It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Wounded Game is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Nikolai Gubenko. <SEP> Eugene Curran Kelly ( August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American- Irish dancer, actor of film, stage, and television, singer, film director, producer, screenwriter, comedian and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, and the likable characters that he played on screen. Best known today for his performances in films such as" On the Town"( 1949)," An American in Paris"( 1951)," Anchors Aweigh"( 1945) — for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor—and" Singin' in the Rain"( 1952), he starred in musical films until they fell out of fashion in the late 1950s. He starred in, choreographed, or co-directed some of the most well- regarded musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, debuting with Judy Garland in" For Me and My Gal"( 1942), and followed by" Du Barry Was a Lady"( 1943)," Thousands Cheer"( 1943)," The Pirate"( 1948), and" It's Always Fair Weather"( 1955), among others. Later, he starred in two films outside the musical genre:" Inherit the Wind"( 1960) and" What a Way to Go!"( 1964). Kelly directed films without a collaborator( in some of which he starred), including" Hello, Dolly!"( 1969), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. His many innovations transformed the Hollywood musical, and he is credited with almost single- handedly making the ballet form commercially acceptable to film audiences. Kelly received an Academy Honorary Award in 1952 for his career achievements, the same year" An American in Paris" won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. He later received lifetime achievement awards in the Kennedy Center Honors( 1982) and from the Screen Actors Guild and American Film Institute. In 1999, the American Film Institute also ranked him as the 15th greatest male screen legend of Classic Hollywood Cinema. <SEP> His movie" Wounded Game" was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. He was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1985. Nikolai Nikolaevich Gubenko( born 17 August 1941) is a Soviet and Russian actor, film and theatre director, screenwriter, founder of the Community of Taganka Actors theatre. Gubenko has been also active in politics. He served as the last Minister of Culture of the USSR( 1989— 1991) and as the Russian State Duma deputy between 1995 and 2003. From 2005 on he acts as the Moscow City Duma deputy. <SEP> Juozas Budraitis( born 6 October 1940) is a Lithuanian actor. He has appeared in 67 films and television shows since 1966. He starred in the Soviet film" Wounded Game", which was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. <SEP> Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film and television director. He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002.