Miklós Jancsó

Director, Writer, Actor, Editor

September 27, 1921 — January 31, 2014 (92 years)
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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Known For

  • The Red and the White
    The Red and the White
  • The Round-Up
    The Round-Up
  • Red Psalm
    Red Psalm
  • Electra, My Love
    Electra, My Love
  • Private Vices, Public Virtues
    Private Vices, Public Virtues
  • The Lord's Lantern in Budapest
    The Lord's Lantern in Budapest
  • Silence and Cry
    Silence and Cry
  • My Way Home
    My Way Home
  • Cantata
    Cantata
  • The Confrontation
    The Confrontation
  • Hungarian Rhapsody
    Hungarian Rhapsody
  • Winter Wind
    Winter Wind
  • The Pacifist
    The Pacifist

Filmography

2010
2006
Ede megevé ebédem · as Himself / Marcus Aurelius
2005
2004
2004
A mohácsi vész · as Self
2003
A Bus Came... · as Self
2002
Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep · as Miklós Jancsó
2001
Macerás ügyek · as Himself
2001
2000
Mother! The Mosquitoes · as Miklós Jancsó
1998
1968
Walls · as Self
1964

2008
Tabló · as Cast