Question: Are director of film The Pointing Finger (1922 Film) and director of film Paropakari from the same country?

The Pointing Finger is a 1933 British drama film directed by George Pearson and starring John Stuart, Viola Keats and Leslie Perrins. The screenplay concerns a man who plots to murder his half- brother so he can claim his earldom and an inheritance. The film was made by Twickenham Film Studios. Based on the novel" The Pointing Finger"( 1907) by" Rita," it was a remake of the 1922 film of the same name. <SEP> Y. R. Swamy( c. 1927 – 21 October 2002) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked primarily Kannada cinema. He directed over 35 films in his career, 17 of which came in films that stars Rajkumar in the lead role. He also holds the record for directing Rajkumar for the highest no. of times- seventeen. His first film as a director came in the 1953 Tamil film," Pratigna". Since then, Swamy directed films in the Kannada language and mostly in the mythological genre and with a social connect. His popular films include" Bhakta Kanakadasa"( 1960)," Katari Veera"( 1966)," Paropakari"( 1970)," Sipayi Ramu"( 1972) and" Bhale Huchcha"( 1972). Recognizing his contribution to Kannada cinema, he was awarded the 1990 – 91 Puttanna Kanagal Award. <SEP> The Pointing Finger is a 1922 British thriller film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Madge Stuart and Joseph Tozer. It was an adaptation of the novel" The Pointing Finger"( 1907) by" Rita". It was remade as" The Pointing Finger" in 1933. <SEP> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> His name was sometimes spelt as George Ridgewell. George Ridgwell( 1867–1935) was a British screenwriter and film director of the silent film era. He was born in Woolwich in 1867. He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories featuring Eille Norwood as Holmes. His last film was" Lily of Killarney" in 1929. He died in Hampstead in 1935. He was the father of the actress Audrey Ridgewell. His early career was as an army musician( sergeant, band of the Coldstream Guards) and on the stage( he created the role of Abdallah in Sullivan's' Rose of Persia' and was a member of The D'Oyly Carte Touring Opera Company for a season playing lead baritone roles). He also composed light music numbers and lyrics. He was educated at the Royal Military Asylum, later the Duke of York's Royal Military School( a school history is the source of this information. Also see G&S Archive). <SEP> It stars Rajkumar and Jayanthi in the lead roles. The film was produced under Bhagavathi Productions. It had a very successful soundtrack composed by Upendra Kumar. Rajkumar plays dual role in this movie. Strangely, it is usually not considered among the movies in which he played a dual role because the 2nd character( that of a taxi driver) appears at the 52nd minute into the movie and dies at the 57th minute. Paropakari is a 1970 Indian Kannada language romantic drama film written and directed by Y. R. Swamy. However, the death of the second character is a necessary plot twist in the movie as after his death the lead character" Mohan" assumes the identity of the deceased character-" Ramanna" and moves into his house in order to create a false notion that" Ramanna" is still alive and there by help the police identify the murderers of" Ramanna" and solve a burglary case also.