Question: Do both films Helena (1924 film) and Flaming Creatures have the directors from the same country?

Lilies of the Field is a 1930 American Pre -Code drama film directed by Alexander Korda, and starring Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes, and John Loder. It was a remake of the silent 1924 film" Lilies of the Field", in which Griffith had played the same role. Both films were based on a 1921 play of the same name by William J. Hurlbut. " Lilies of the Field" was Griffith's first all- dialogue film. The film is" not" related in any way to the 1963 film of the same name, which starred Sidney Poitier. <SEP> Noa was described by Vilma Bánky, who he directed twice, as her" favourite director". Noa's 1924 film" Helena" has been called his" masterpiece" although it was so expensive that it seriously damaged the finances of Bavaria Film. Noa is perhaps best known today for his 1922 film" Nathan the Wise", an adaptation of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 1779 play of the same title, which made a plea for religious tolerance. He was the third husband of the actress Eva May, who was the daughter of his fellow director Joe May. Manfred Noa( 1893–1930) was a German film director. Noa died 5 December 1930 in Berlin of peritonitis. <SEP> Jack Smith (November 14, 1932 – September 25, 1989) was an American filmmaker, Attic Doctor, actor, and pioneer of underground cinema. He is generally acclaimed as a founding father of American performance art, and has been critically recognized as a master photographer, though his photographic works are rare and remain largely unknown. <SEP> The film was based on the poem the" Iliad" by Homer. It was released in two separate parts:" The Rape of Helen" and" The Fall of Troy." It was produced by Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios in Munich. The film was made on an epic scale with thousands of extras, and large sets which rivalled those of the larger Berlin- based UFA. Helena is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Edy Darclea, Vladimir Gajdarov and Albert Steinrück. For many years the film was considered partially lost until it was reconstructed from a version found in Swiss archives. The film has been described as Noa's" masterpiece," although it was so expensive that it seriously damaged the finances of Bavaria Film. <SEP> The film shows performers dressed in elaborate drag for several disconnected scenes, including a lipstick commercial, an orgy, and an earthquake. It premiered April 29, 1963 at the Bleecker Street Cinema in New York City. Because of its graphic depiction of sexuality, some venues refused to show" Flaming Creatures", and in March 1964, police interrupted a screening and seized a print of the film. Flaming Creatures is a 1963 American experimental film directed by Jack Smith. Jonas Mekas, Ken Jacobs, and Florence Karpf were charged, and the film was ruled to be in violation of New York's obscenity laws. Mekas and Susan Sontag mounted a critical defense of" Flaming Creatures", and it became a" cause célèbre" for the underground film movement. <SEP> René Rivera,( July 20, 1935 – September 26, 2013), known professionally as Mario Montez, was one of the Warhol superstars, appearing in thirteen of Andy Warhol's underground films from 1964 to 1966. He took his name as a male homage to the actress Maria Montez, an important gay icon in the Fifties and Sixties. Before appearing in Warhol's films, he appeared in Jack Smith's important underground films" Flaming Creatures" and" Normal Love". Montez also stars in the Ron Rice film," Chumlum", made in 1964. Mario Montez, was" a staple in the New York underground scene of the 1960s and'70s."