Question: Are the directors of both films Act Of Violence and There'S Always Tomorrow (1956 Film) from the same country?

Douglas Sirk( born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April Sirk started his career in Germany as a stage and screen director, but he left to Hollywood in 1937 because his Jewish wife was persecuted by the Nazis. 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. In the 1950s, he achieved his greatest commercial success with film melodramas like" Imitation of Life All That Heaven Allows Written on the WindMagnificent Obsession" and" A Time to Love and a Time to Die". While those films where initially panned by critics as sentimental women's pictures, they are today widely regarded by film directors, critics and scholars as masterpieces. His work is seen as" critique of the bourgeoisie in general and of 1950s America in particular", while painting a" compassionate portrait of characters trapped by social conditions". Beyond the surface of the film, Sirk worked with complex mise en scenes and lush Technicolor colors to subtly underline his message. <SEP> He won four Academy Awards for directing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play adaptations. He made 25 feature films during his 50- year career. He was among the first directors to insist on using authentic locations and for mixing stars with civilians to give his films more realism. Within the film industry, he was considered a maverick for taking risks and there by creating unique films, with many of his stories being dramas about lone and principled individuals tested by tragic events. According to one historian, Zinnemann's style demonstrated his sense of" psychological realism and his apparent determination to make worthwhile pictures that are nevertheless highly entertaining." Among his films were" The Search"( 1947)," The Men"( 1950)," High Noon"( 1952)," From Here to Eternity"( 1953)," Oklahoma!"( 1955)," The Nun's Story"( 1959)," A Man For All Seasons"( 1966)," The Day of the Jackal"( 1973), and" Julia"( 1977). His films have received 65 Oscar nominations, winning 24. Zinnemann directed and introduced a number of stars in their U.S. film debuts, including Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Pier Angeli, Julie Harris, Brandon de Wilde, Montgomery Clift, Shirley Jones and Meryl Streep. Alfred Zinnemann( April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an Austrian- born American film director. He directed 19 actors to Oscar nominations, including Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift, Audrey Hepburn, Glynis Johns, Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Wendy Hiller, Jason Robards, Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Gary Cooper and Maximilian Schell. <SEP> Act of Violence is a 1949 American film noir directed by Fred Zinnemann and adapted for the screen by Robert L. Richards from a story by Collier Young, starring Van Heflin, Robert Ryan and featuring Janet Leigh, Mary Astor and Phyllis Thaxter. The film was one of the first to address not only problems of returning World War II veterans but also the ethics of war. <SEP> Bernard Cutner Schoenfeld( August 17, 1907 – April 25, 1990) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for over twenty films and television series including" Phantom Lady"( 1944)," The Dark Corner"( 1946)," Caged"( 1950)," Macao"( 1952)," There's Always Tomorrow"( 1956), and" The Twilight Zone" episode" From Agnes- with Love"( 1964). <SEP> Act of Violence is a 1959 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. <SEP> It was produced by Ross Hunter and distributed by Universal- International Pictures on January 20, 1956. The screenplay, based on a novel by Ursula Parrott, is by Bernard C. Schoenfeld, which tells the tales of a toy- maker's unhappiness with his domestic life and his seeking of an exciting adventure with an old flame who pops into town. There's Always Tomorrow is a 1956 American black- and- white romantic melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, and Joan Bennett.