Question: Do both directors of films Alive And Kicking (1959 Film) and Palestrina - Prince Of Music share the same nationality?

His career in television began in 1953 and he directed for over 30 TV programmes until 1990. He was born in Stoke Newington, London. He directed many episodes of popular British TV shows, such as" The Avengers", and the pilot episodes of the ITC Entertainment shows" Randall and Hopkirk( Deceased)" and" Department S" in 1969. In 1970, he directed" Timelash", an episode of" UFO", which he described as a very interesting script and one of his personal favourites. Frankel also directed many documentaries and feature films, including" Never Take Sweets from a Stranger"( 1960) and" School for Scoundrels"( 1960; taking over from Robert Hamer, who was credited as sole director). One of his films," Man of Africa"( 1953)- the first film to feature a cast made up of relatively unknown black actors- was not released and was lost for some time. A complete copy has since been discovered and has been screened at a number of international film festivals. In terms of documentaries, Frankel supervised some of the films that were broadcast for the BBC arts series" Monitor"( 1958 – 65), among which was the first ballet programme to be filmed and edited to the choreography. Prior to his retirement, he became the ceramics expert for Bonhams auction house. Cyril S. Frankel( 28 December 1921 – 7 June 2017) was a British film and television director. A book," Modern Pots: Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and their Contemporaries- The Lisa Sainsbury Collection", was co-authored by Frankel and published in 2000. His memoir," Eye to Eye", was published by Bank House Books in 2009. Frankel died on 7 June 2017 at the age of 95. <SEP> Alive and Kicking is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, Estelle Winwood and Stanley Holloway with Richard Harris making his film debut. It s plot follows three women who grow dissatisfied with their lives in a retirement home and escape in order to search for fresh enjoyment and adventure. They eventually end up running a successful cottage industry sweater business on a remote island offshore of Ireland,( although the film was shot in Scotland). In 1964, the film was released in the US, with the film trailer establishing a tie- in to Stanley Holloway's success in" My Fair Lady". Music by Philip Green< br> <SEP> Georg Brintrup( born 25 October 1950) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his non-narrative film essays on poetry and music. <SEP> Olive McFarland( born Brenda McFarland 1929 – 24 August 2011) was a British actress who appeared in film and television dramas from the 1950s to the 1970s. She starred opposite Sean Connery in the 1961 film" The Frightened City." McFarland's television appearances included" The Sweeney The Troubleshooters The Champions" and" Dixon of Dock Green" and she also had a film role in" Alive and Kicking"( 1959). She left acting to restore properties and breed horses. In 1998 following an RSPCA inspection of her farm she was found guilty of neglecting her horses and received a one- month suspended jail sentence. In January 2010 she moved to a care home at Eye, Suffolk, not far from her farm at Creeting St Mary near Needham Market. She was killed when she was hit by a train at a nearby railway crossing the following year. In September 2016, Network Rail were fined £ 4 million at Ipswich Crown Court over health and safety failures in connection with McFarland's death. <SEP> The subject is the life and music of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina( ca.1525-1594), a famous Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music. He is the best- known 16th- century composer of the Roman School. Palestrina- Prince of Music is an Italian/ German 2009 music film directed by Georg Brintrup. Filmed in March 2009 on locations mainly in and around L'Aquila and Rome, most of the ancient buildings and historical interiors in the city of L'Aquila were destroyed by the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, only a few days after the end of shooting. Palestrina ’s music in the film is directed by Flavio Colusso and the Roman Ensemble Seicentonovecento. The film was also titled The Liberation of Music or Die Befreiung der Musik when released in Germany. <SEP> Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris. The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.