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Miklós Jancsó

Miklós Jancsó

Director · 1921–2014 · Vác, Hungary

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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 Communism and the Soviet occupation, although some critics prefer to stress the universal dimensions of Jancsó's explorations. Towards the end of the 1960s and especially into the 1970s, Jancsó's work became increasingly stylized and overtly symbolic. He received five nominations for the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival. winning for Red Psalm in 1972. In 1973 he was awarded the prestigious Kossuth Prize in Hungary. He received awards for his life work in 1979 and 1990, at Cannes and Venice respectively. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miklós Jancsó, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 50

2010s

  1. 2012

    Hungary 2011

    Director

  2. 2010

    So Much for Justice!

    Director

2000s

  1. 2006

    Ed's Eaten Elevenses

    Director

  2. 2004

    The Battle of Mohács

    Director

  3. 2003

    Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep

    Director

  4. 2001

    Last Supper at the Arabian Gray Horse

    Director

  5. 2000

    Damn You! the Mosquitoes

    Director

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Lord's Lantern in Budapest

    Director

  2. 1998

    Hősök tere - szubjektív történelmi mese I

    Director

  3. 1994

    Message of Stones: Budapest

    Director

  4. Message of Stones: Hegyalja

    Director

  5. Message of Stones: Máramaros

    Director

  6. Message of Stones - Kárpátalja

    Director

  7. Message of Stones - Moldova

    Director

  8. 1992

    The Blue Danube Waltz

    Director

  9. 1991

    God Walks Backwards

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    Jesus Christ's Horoscope

    Director

  2. 1987

    Season of Monsters

    Director

  3. 1986

    The Dawn

    Director

  4. The Presence III

    Director

  5. 1984

    Faustus Faustus Faustus

    Director

  6. Omega, Omega, Omega

    Director

  7. 1981

    The Tyrant's Heart, or Boccaccio in Hungary

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Allegro Barbaro

    Director

  2. Hungarian Rhapsody

    Director

  3. 1978

    The Presence II

    Director

  4. 1977

    Laboratorio teatrale di Luca Ronconi

    Director

  5. 1976

    Private Vices, Public Virtues

    Director

  6. 1974

    Electra, My Love

    Director

  7. Rome Wants Another Caesar

    Director

  8. 1972

    The Technique and the Rite

    Director

  9. Red Psalm

    Director

  10. 1971

    Agnus Dei

    Director

  11. 1970

    The Pacifist

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    Winter Wind

    Director

  2. The Confrontation

    Director

  3. Decameron '69

    Director

  4. 1968

    Silence and Cry

    Director

  5. 1967

    The Red and the White

    Director

  6. With a Camera in Kostroma

    Director

  7. 1966

    The Round-Up

    Director

  8. 1965

    My Way Home

    Director

  9. The Presence

    Director

  10. 1963

    Cantata

    Director

  11. 1962

    An Indian Story

    Director

  12. 1960

    Három csillag

    Director

  13. Salesmanship

    Director

1950s

  1. 1958

    The Bells Have Gone to Rome

    Director

  2. 1954

    Autumn in Badacsony

    Director

  3. 1953

    Harvest in Orosháza

    Director

Wrote 24

2010s

  1. 2012

    Hungary 2011

    Writer

  2. 2010

    So Much for Justice!

    Screenplay

2000s

  1. 2006

    Ed's Eaten Elevenses

    Writer

  2. 2004

    The Battle of Mohács

    Writer

  3. 2003

    Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep

    Writer

  4. 2001

    Last Supper at the Arabian Gray Horse

    Writer

  5. 2000

    Damn You! the Mosquitoes

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Lord's Lantern in Budapest

    Writer

  2. 1992

    The Blue Danube Waltz

    Writer

  3. 1991

    God Walks Backwards

    Screenplay

1980s

  1. 1989

    Jesus Christ's Horoscope

    Writer

  2. 1986

    The Dawn

    Writer

  3. 1981

    The Tyrant's Heart, or Boccaccio in Hungary

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1979

    Allegro Barbaro

    Writer

  2. Hungarian Rhapsody

    Writer

  3. 1976

    Private Vices, Public Virtues

    Writer

  4. 1974

    Rome Wants Another Caesar

    Story, Writer

  5. 1972

    The Technique and the Rite

    Writer

  6. 1971

    Agnus Dei

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1969

    Winter Wind

    Writer

  2. The Confrontation

    Writer

  3. 1968

    Silence and Cry

    Writer

  4. 1967

    The Red and the White

    Writer

  5. 1963

    Cantata

    Screenplay

Acted in 3

2000s

  1. 2003

    Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep

    Miklós Jancsó

  2. 2002

    Legkisebb film a legnagyobb magyarról

    Movie

  3. 2000

    Damn You! the Mosquitoes

    Miklós Jancsó

Edited 1

1960s

  1. 1963

    Encounter

    Editor

Produced 1

1970s

  1. 1974

    Rome Wants Another Caesar

    Producer

Appearances7

2010s

  1. 2010

    Negative history of Hungarian cinema

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    A Kádár-korszak demokratikus ellenzéke

    Himself

  2. 2006

    Ed's Eaten Elevenses

    Himself / Marcus Aurelius

  3. 2001

    Sticky Matters

    Himself

  4. Last Supper at the Arabian Gray Horse

    Himself

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Lord's Lantern in Budapest

    Himself

  2. 1994

    Message of Stones: Hegyalja

    Self