Question: Do both directors of films Code Of The West (1947 Film) and Tecumseh (Film) share the same nationality?

The film depicts the life of the Native American leader Tecumseh( 1768 – 1813), including his role in Tecumseh's War and his later death in the War of 1812 while fighting with the British against the United States. The film is a red western made by DEFA, the state- owned East German studio. Tecumseh is a 1972 East German western film directed by Hans Kratzert and starring Gojko Mitić, Annekathrin Bürger and Rolf Römer. It is part of a popular string of films starring the Yugoslav actor Gojko Mitić which, in line with the policies of Communist East Germany, attempted to present a more critical, but also more realistic view of American expansion to the West than it was represented by Hollywood. The film, along with others, was also made partly in response to the successful series of Karl May films made in West Germany. <SEP> Kratzert was born in Heerwegen in the Province of Silesia during the Second World War. He was part of the mass emigration of Germans westward following Nazi Germany's defeat during the war. Kratzert's family settled in the Soviet- occupied territory that became East Germany, where he grew up. After military service, Kratzert began working at DEFA the state- owned East German film company. After making his directoral debut in 1968, Kratzert went on to direct a further thirteen films up to 1989. Hans Kratzert( born 3 February 1940) is a German screenwriter and film director. He made a number of family films and in 1972 directed the Red Western" Tecumseh"( 1972), a biopic of the Native American leader of the same name. The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the closure of DEFA effectively ended his career as a film director. <SEP> Molly Joan Hagan( born August 3, 1961) is an American actress. She co-starred in films" Code of Silence"( 1985)," Some Kind of Wonderful"( 1987)," The Dentist"( 1996) and" Election"( 1999), and is also known for her roles in television on" Herman's Head"( 1991– 1994) and" Unfabulous"( 2004 – 2007). <SEP> Molly Joan Hagan( born August 3, 1961) is an American actress. She co-starred in films" Code of Silence"( 1985)," Some Kind of Wonderful"( 1987)," The Dentist"( 1996) and" Election"( 1999), and is also known for her roles in television on" Herman's Head"( 1991– 1994) and" Unfabulous"( 2004 – 2007). <SEP> Written by Norman Houston and based on the novel of the same name by Zane Grey, the film is about two cowboys who come to the aid of a rancher whose land is being threatened by an unscrupulous businessman. Code of the West is a 1947 American Western film directed by William Berke and starring James Warren, Debra Alden, Steve Brodie and Robert Clarke. <SEP> He directed nearly 90 films between 1934 and 1958. He also produced nearly 80 films between 1933 and 1958. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California. Richard Fleischer later recalled Berke" was known as King of the B's. For years and years he had made nothing but pictures with ten or twelve day shooting schedules, minuscule budgets of about$ 100,000 and no stars. Without bothering with editing or any postproduction chores and with short shooting schedules, he was able to squeeze in eight or ten pictures a year. And he was going nuts". According to Fleischer, Berke eventually pestered RKO executives enough to be assigned an A picture with a long shooting schedule and stars and he still shot it in twelve days. William A. Berke( October 3, 1903 – February 15, 1958) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.