question: Were Edward Laemmle and Jan Švankmajer from the same country?
answer: no
context: Title: The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia
  Passage: The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia is a 1990 animated independent short film.  The style of the film is surrealist, and the director Jan Švankmajer has been described by "The New York Times" as being "One of cinema's most visionary surrealists".
  Title: The Last Trick
  Passage: The Last Trick (Czech: Poslední trik pana Schwarcewalldea a pana Edgara ) is a 1964 Czechoslovak animated short film by Jan Švankmajer.  It was Švankmajer's first film.
  Title: Insects (film)
  Passage: Insects (Czech: "Hmyz" ) is an upcoming film directed by Jan Švankmajer, the film is based on the play "Pictures from the Insects' Life" by Karel and Josef Čapek.  Švankmajer says that the film will be his last.
  Title: Edward Laemmle
  Passage: Edward Laemmle (October 25, 1887 – April 2, 1937) was an American film director of the silent era.  He directed 62 films between 1920 and 1935.
  Title: The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer
  Passage: The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer is a 1984 surreal short stop-motion film by the Quay Brothers, an homage to the influential short film maker Jan Švankmajer.
  Title: Lunacy (film)
  Passage: Lunacy (Czech: Šílení ) is a 2005 Czech film by Jan Švankmajer.  The film is loosely based on two short stories, "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" and "The Premature Burial", by Edgar Allan Poe.  It is also partly inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade.  The film was shot between October 2004 and April 2005, on location in the village of Peruc close to Prague, and in Švankmajer's studio in the village of Knovíz.
  Title: Jan Švankmajer
  Passage: Jan Švankmajer (] ; born 4 September 1934) is a Czech filmmaker and artist whose work spans several media.  He is a self-labeled surrealist known for his animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Quay, and many others.
  Title: Czech animation
  Passage: Czech animation has been a tradition for almost 100 years.  Czech animators are considered pioneers in film animation.  It began in 1920s and its "Golden Era" dates between 1950s and 1980s.  Czech animators include Jiří Trnka, Karel Zeman, Břetislav Pojar, Jan Švankmajer or Jiří Barta.  Czech animators have employed Cutout animation, Puppet animation and Clay animation.  3D animation is seldom used due to lack of finances and trained 3D animators.  This led to downturn in the years after 1989.
  Title: The Whole Town's Talking (1926 film)
  Passage: The Whole Town's Talking is a 1926 American silent adventure comedy film directed by Edward Laemmle, based on a play by Anita Loos and John Emerson.  It stars Edward Everett Horton, Virginia Lee Corbin, and Trixie Friganza.
  Title: Meat Love
  Passage: Meat Love is a 1989 Czechoslovak animated short film directed and animated by Jan Švankmajer.  It appears as a commercial in Švankmajer's feature-length film "Little Otik".  It has also been shown on MTV.
citations: Jan Švankmajer Edward Laemmle