Question: Which film has the director who is older, Lovers In The Year One or Silence (2016 Film)?

It was selected as the Czechoslovakian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 47th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Lovers in the Year One is a 1973 Czechoslovakian drama film directed by Jaroslav Balík. <SEP> The North Star is a 2016 film about slavery and the underground railroad. <SEP> Set in Nagasaki, Japan, the film was shot entirely in Taiwan, using studios in Taipei and Taichung and locations in Hualien County. The film stars Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano and Ciarán Hinds. The plot follows two 17th- century Jesuit priests who travel from Portugal to Edo -era Japan via Macau to locate their missing mentor and spread Catholic Christianity. The story is set in a time when it was common for the faith's Japanese adherents to hide from the persecution that resulted from the suppression of Christianity in Japan during the Shimabara Rebellion( 1637 – 1638) against the Tokugawa shogunate. These are now called the" kakure kirishitan", or" hidden Christians". It is the second filmed adaptation of Endō's novel, following a 1971 film of the same name. The pre-production phase of the filmmaking for" Silence" went through a cycle of over two decades of setbacks and reassessments. After filming of" The Wolf of Wall Street" concluded in January 2013, Scorsese committed to following it up with" Silence". On April 19, 2013, Scorsese indicated that he would begin production on" Silence" in 2014. Irwin Winkler was then announced as a producer, as were Randall Emmett and George Furla, who would provide financing through their company Emmett/ Furla Films. Soon thereafter, planning was made for the film to be shot in Taiwan. A long- time passion project for Scorsese, which he had developed for over 25 years, the film premiered in Rome on November 29, 2016, and was released in the United States on December 23, 2016. Silence is a 2016 epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and with a screenplay by Jay Cocks and Scorsese, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō. Although a box office failure, it received positive critical response, with both the National Board of Review and American Film Institute selecting" Silence" as one of their top ten films of the year. The film also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 89th Academy Awards. " Silence" is the third of Scorsese's three films about religious figures struggling with challenges of faith, following" The Last Temptation of Christ"( 1988) and" Kundun"( 1997). <SEP> Elliot Silverstein( born August 3, 1927, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American director, who is best known for being the director of the movie" Cat Ballou"( 1965). <SEP> Jaroslav Balík( 23 June 1924 – 17 October 1996) was a Czechoslovak film director and screenwriter. He directed 26 films between 1952 and 1987. <SEP> Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinematic history. Martin Charles Scorsese( born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker and actor, whose career spans more than 50 years. Scorsese's body of work explores such themes as Italian- American identity, Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, faith, machismo, modern crime, and gang conflict. Many of his films are also known for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won an Academy Award, a Palme d' Or, Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award, Silver Lion, Grammy Award, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and Directors Guild of America Awards. He has directed works such as the crime film" Mean Streets"( 1973), the vigilante- thriller" Taxi Driver"( 1976), the biographical sports drama" Raging Bull"( 1980), the black comedies" The King of Comedy"( 1983) and" After Hours"( 1985), the religious epic" The Last Temptation of Christ"( 1988), the crime film" Goodfellas"( 1990), the psychological thriller" Cape Fear"( 1991), the historical romantic drama" The Age of Innocence"( 1993) and the crime epics" Casino"( 1995) and" The Irishman"( 2019), most of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro. Scorsese has also been noted for his successful collaborations with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, having directed him in five films, beginning with" Gangs of New York"( 2002) and most recently" The Wolf of Wall Street"( 2013). Their third film together," The Departed"( 2006), won Scorsese the Academy Award for Best Director in addition to the film winning the award for Best Picture. Scorsese's other film work includes the biographical drama" The Aviator"( 2004), the psychological thriller" Shutter Island"( 2010), the historical adventure drama" Hugo"( 2011), and the religious epic" Silence"( 2016). His work in television includes the pilot episodes of the HBO series" Boardwalk Empire" and" Vinyl", the latter of which he also co-created. With eight Best Director Oscar nominations, he is the most -nominated living director and is tied with Billy Wilder for the second- most nominations overall. As a fan of rock music, he has directed several documentaries on the subject, including" The Last Waltz"( 1978)," No Direction Home"( 2005)," Shine a Light"( 2008),( 2011), and( 2019).