question: Where was the director of film The Island Of Tears born?
context: Title: The Island of Tears
  Passage: The Island of Tears (German: S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Lya De Putti, Paul Wegener and Lyda Salmonova.
  Title: Lothar Mendes
  Passage: Lothar Mendes( 19 May 1894 – 24 February 1974) was a Jewish German- born screenwriter and film director. who began his career as an actor in Vienna and Berlin in Max Reinhardt's famous troupe. He went to America in the early 1920s and there he remained until 1933, directing more than a dozen features, mostly frothy comedies, while under contract to Paramount. His films included the last silent film made in America," The Four Feathers"( 1929) and the murder mystery" Payment Deferred"( 1933) starring British actor Charles Laughton.
answer: Berlin
citations: The Island of Tears Lothar Mendes