Question: Are the directors of both films Showgirls and The Girl from the South Seas from the same country?

Frederick O'Brien( 1869- 1932) was an American author, journalist, hobo, peripatetic world traveler, and public administrator. He wrote three best- selling travel books about French Polynesia between 1919 and 1922:" White Shadows in the South Seas, Mystic Isles of the South Seas," and" Atolls of the Sun." A movie was made in 1928 of" White Shadows in the South Seas". <SEP> Hans Müller( 1909- 1977) was a German film and television director. <SEP> Active in both the Netherlands and Hollywood, Verhoeven's blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire are trademarks of both his drama and science fiction films. He directed the films" Turkish Delight"( 1973)," Soldier of Orange"( 1977)," Flesh and Blood"( 1985)," RoboCop"( 1987)," Total Recall"( 1990)," Basic Instinct"( 1992)," Showgirls"( 1995)," Starship Troopers"( 1997)," Black Book"( 2006) and" Elle"( 2016). " Turkish Delight" received the award for Best Dutch Film of the Century at the Netherlands Film Festival. His films altogether received a total of nine Academy Award nominations, mainly for editing and effects. Verhoeven won the Saturn Award for Best Director for" RoboCop". His Dutch war film" Black Book"( 2006) was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and was voted by the Dutch public, in 2008, as the best Dutch film ever made. In contrast, he won the Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Picture and Worst Director for" Showgirls"; he is one of the few people to have accepted their Golden Raspberry awards in person, and was the first person to go to the ceremony to receive it. Paul Verhoeven( born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch director, screenwriter and film producer. In 2016 he directed the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film winning movie" Elle". " The Seattle Times" praised Verhoeven by saying," director Paul Verhoeven often appears to be a one- man Dutch movie industry," while" The San Diego Union- Tribune" called Verhoeven" a busy bee whose movies pollinate the festival circuit." <SEP> The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Theo Zwierski. The Girl from the South Seas is a 1950 West German comedy film directed by Hans Müller and starring Angelika Hauff, Madelon Truß and Hardy Krüger. <SEP> It stars former teen actress Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, and Gina Gershon. The film centers on a" street- smart" drifter who ventures to Las Vegas and climbs the seedy hierarchy from stripper to showgirl. Produced on a then- sizable budget of approximately$ 45 million, significant controversy and hype surrounding the film's amounts of sex and nudity preceded its theatrical release. In the United States, the film was rated NC- 17 for" nudity and erotic sexuality throughout, some graphic language, and sexual violence. Showgirls" was the first( and to date only) NC- 17 rated film to be given a wide release in mainstream theaters. Distributor United Artists dispatched several hundred staffers to theaters across North America playing" Showgirls" to ensure that patrons would not sneak into the theater from other films, and to make sure film- goers were over the age of 17. Audience restriction due to the NC- 17 rating coupled with poor reviews resulted in the film becoming a box office bomb, grossing just$ 37 million. Despite a negative theatrical and critical consensus," Showgirls" enjoyed success on the home video market, generating more than$ 100 million from video rentals, allowing the film to turn a profit and become one of MGM's top 20 all- time bestsellers. For its video premiere, Verhoeven prepared an R-rated cut for rental outlets that would not carry NC- 17 films. This edited version runs 3 minutes shorter( 128 minutes) and deletes some of the more graphic footage. Despite being consistently ranked as one of the worst films ever made," Showgirls" has become regarded as a cult classic, was released on Blu-ray in June 2010 and has even been subject to critical re-evaluation, with some notable directors and critics declaring it a serious satire worthy of praise. An unofficial spin- off sequel entitled, focused on the minor character Penny, played by Rena Riffel, was also written, produced, edited, and directed by Riffel. It was released at midnight film showings, art house theaters, film festivals, charity non-profit organizations, and was direct- to- video. Showgirls is a 1995 erotic drama film written by Joe Eszterhas and directed by Paul Verhoeven. <SEP> The Girl from the Islands or Maibritt, the Girl from the Islands is a 1964 West German- Swedish comedy film directed by Bostjan Hladnik and starring Jane Axell, Gunnar Moller and Karl Schönböck. It was part of an attempt by some German comedy films of the era to be slightly more risqué.