Question: Which film has the director who is older than the other, The Rolling Hotel or Veerapandiya Kattabomman (Film)? 

It is one of a number of films featuring the detective character Joe Deebs. The Rolling Hotel( German: Das rollende Hotel) is a 1918 German silent film directed by Harry Piel. <SEP> The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Padmini, S. Varalakshmi, and Ragini, with V. K. Ramasamy and Javar Seetharaman in supporting roles. Its soundtrack and score were composed by G. Ramanathan. Produced and distributed by Panthulu under his banner Padmini Pictures, the film is loosely based on the story of Veerapandiya Kattabomman, the 18th- century South Indian chieftain who rebelled against the East India Company. It was an adaptation of the play of the same name by Sakthi T. K. Krishnasamy which featured Sivaji Ganesan as the title character, and premiered in August 1957. Veerapandiya Kattabomman is a 1959 Indian Tamil- language biographical war film produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. Principal photography began in October the same year, and took place mainly in Jaipur and Madras( now Chennai) till late 1958. This was the first Tamil film released in Technicolor. " Veerapandiya Kattabomman" premiered in London on 10 May 1959, and was released in Tamil Nadu six days later. It was critically acclaimed; Sivaji Ganesan's performance as Kattabomman received widespread praise, although some film scholars considered elements in the film, particularly the portrayal of the title character, to be historically inaccurate. It was a commercial success, running for over 25 weeks in theatres and becoming a silver jubilee film. " Veerapandiya Kattabomman" was dubbed and released in Telugu as" Veerapandiya Kattabrahmanna" in the same year, and in Hindi as" Amar Shaheed" the following year. The film was the first in Tamil cinema to receive international awards for Best Film, Best Actor, and Best Music Director at the 1960 Afro -Asian Film Festival in Cairo, and received a Certificate of Merit as part of the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. " Veerapandiya Kattabomman" was re-released in 1984, and a digitally- restored version was released on 21 August 2015; both were commercially successful. <SEP> He is best known for directing films in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi. His most popular films are" Sri KrishnadevarayaSchool MasterKittur ChannammaKarnan" and" Veerapandiya Kattabomman". Budaguru Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu( 26 July 1910 — 8 October 1974) was an Indian film director, producer and actor. B. R. Panthulu, is a successful actor and converted Ma. Po. Si.'s biographic works" Veerapandiya Kattabomman"( a movie about a local chieftain who fought with the British in the 18th century in Tamil Nadu) and" Kappalottiya Thamizhan"( a movie about a disciple Of Bal Gangathar Thilak, a leading lawyer, first leader in South India, called as Thilak of South India) who rebelled against the British rule that forbade Tamils operating shipping companies) to celluloid. <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> Hubert August Piel( 12 July 1892, in Düsseldorf – 27 March 1963, in Munich), known as Harry Piel, was a prolific German actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer who was involved in over 150 films. Piel became a director in 1912, turning out such box- office successes as" Mann Gegen Mann"( 1928)," Achtung! - Auto- Diebe!"( 1930) and" Artisten"( 1935). His last directorial effort was 1953's" Gesprengte Gitter( Elephant Fury", a.k.a." Panic"), which he also produced, wrote, and starred. <SEP> C. R. Parthiban is a former Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema and theatre. He is best known for his performance as Jackson Durai in" Veerapandiya Kattabomman"( 1959).