Miklós Jancsó

Known for: Directing
Born: September 27, 1921, Vác, Hungary
Died: January 31, 2014
Movies: 73

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.

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Best-Known Movies

7.0

The Red and the White

1967

7.2

The Round-Up

1966

6.3

Red Psalm

1972

5.2

Private Vices, Public Virtues

1976

6.1

Electra, My Love

1974

7.0

Silence and Cry

1968

7.1

My Way Home

1965

5.0

The Pacifist

1970

6.8

Cantata

1963

6.3

Hungarian Rhapsody

1979

Filmography

2010	Negative history of Hungarian cinema	Self
2009	A Kádár-korszak demokratikus ellenzéke	Himself
2006	Ed's Eaten Elevenses	Himself / Marcus Aurelius
2004	From Europe Into Europe	Self - Jancsó's segment
2003	Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep	Miklós Jancsó
2002	Jancsó Shoots	Himself
2002	Legkisebb film a legnagyobb magyarról
2001	Sticky Matters	Himself
2001	Last Supper at the Arabian Gray Horse	Himself
2000	Damn You! the Mosquitoes	Miklós Jancsó
1999	The Lord's Lantern in Budapest	Himself
1994	Message of Stones: Hegyalja	Self
1984	Jancsó sukulaisten luona	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

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

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