Directing · b. 1921 · Vác, Hungary

Miklós Jancsó

Biography

Miklós Jancsó (27 September 1921 – 31 January 2014) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence from the mid-1960s onwards, with works including The Round Up (Szegénylegények, 1965), The Red and the White (Csillagosok, katonák, 1967) and Red Psalm (Még kér a nép, 1971). Jancsó's films are characterized by visual stylization, elegantly choreographed shots, long takes, historical periods, rural settings, and a lack of psychoanalyzing. A frequent theme of his films is the abuse of power. His works are often allegorical commentaries on Hungary under Co...

Directed

Hungary 2011 2012 So Much for Justice! 2010 Ed's Eaten Elevenses 2006 The Battle of Mohács 2004 From Europe Into Europe 2004 Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep 2003 Last Supper at the Arabian Gray Horse 2001 Damn You! the Mosquitoes 2000 The Lord's Lantern in Budapest 1999 Hősök tere - szubjektív történelmi mese I 1998 Elmondták-e...? 1996 The Great Brain Death 1996 Message of Stones - Budapest 1994 Message of Stones - Máramaros 1994 Message of Stones - Hegyalja 1994 Message of Stones - Moldova 1994 Message of Stones - Kárpátalja 1994 The Blue Danube Waltz 1992 God Walks Backwards 1991 Jesus Christ's Horoscope 1989 Season of Monsters 1987 The Presence III 1986 The Dawn 1986 Faustus Faustus Faustus 1984 Muzsika 1984 Omega, Omega, Omega 1984 Jancsó sukulaisten luona 1984 Budapest 1983 The Tyrant's Heart, or Boccaccio in Hungary 1981 Hungarian Rhapsody 1979 Allegro Barbaro 1979 The Presence II 1978 Laboratorio teatrale di Luca Ronconi 1977 Private Vices, Public Virtues 1976 Electra, My Love 1974 Rome Wants Another Caesar 1974 Red Psalm 1972 The Technique and the Rite 1972 Agnus Dei 1971 The Pacifist 1970 Decameron '69 1969 Winter Wind 1969 The Confrontation 1969 Silence and Cry 1968 The Red and the White 1967 With a Camera in Kostroma 1967 The Round-Up 1966 My Way Home 1965 The Presence 1965 Cantata 1963 An Indian Story 1962 Három csillag 1960 Salesmanship 1960 The Bells Have Gone to Rome 1958 A város peremén 1958 Autumn in Badacsony 1954 Harvest in Orosháza 1953 A 8. szabad május 1 1952 A szovjet mezögazdasági küldöttek tanításai 1951 We Took Over the Cause of Peace 1950

Acting

Negative history of Hungarian cinema Self 2010 Sodankylä Forever Self 2010 A Kádár-korszak demokratikus ellenzéke Himself 2009 Jancsó Shoots Himself 2002 Legkisebb film a legnagyobb magyarról 2002 Sticky Matters Himself 2001

Other Credits

Das Lied Cinematography 1980 Encounter Editor 1963

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