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Miklós Jancsó
Director

Miklós Jancsó

27 Sep 1921Born
31 Jan 2014Died
92Age at death
61Credits

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.

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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

Filmography

  1. 2012Hungary 2011Film: Director, Writer
  2. 2010So Much for Justice!Film: Director, Screenplay
  3. 2006Ed's Eaten ElevensesFilm: Director, Writer
  4. 2004From Europe Into EuropeFilm: Director
  5. 2004The Battle of MohácsFilm: Director, Writer
  6. 2003Wake Up, Mate, Don't You SleepFilm: Miklós Jancsó, Director, Writer
  7. 2002Legkisebb film a legnagyobb magyarrólFilm
  8. 2001Last Supper at the Arabian Gray HorseFilm: Director, Writer
  9. 2000Damn You! the MosquitoesFilm: Miklós Jancsó, Director, Writer
  10. 1999The Lord's Lantern in BudapestFilm: Director, Writer
  11. 1998Hősök tere - szubjektív történelmi mese IFilm: Director
  12. 1996The Great Brain DeathFilm: Director
  13. 1996Elmondták-e...?Film: Director
  14. 1994Message of Stones: BudapestFilm: Director
  15. 1994Message of Stones: MáramarosFilm: Director
  16. 1994Message of Stones: HegyaljaFilm: Director
  17. 1994Message of Stones - MoldovaFilm: Director
  18. 1994Message of Stones - KárpátaljaFilm: Director
  19. 1992The Blue Danube WaltzFilm: Director, Writer
  20. 1991God Walks BackwardsFilm: Director, Screenplay
  21. 1989Jesus Christ's HoroscopeFilm: Director, Writer
  22. 1987Season of MonstersFilm: Director
  23. 1986The DawnFilm: Director, Writer
  24. 1986The Presence IIIFilm: Director
  25. 1984MuzsikaFilm: Director
  26. 1984Faustus Faustus FaustusFilm: Director
  27. 1984Omega, Omega, OmegaFilm: Director
  28. 1984Jancsó sukulaisten luonaFilm: Director
  29. 1983BudapestFilm: Director
  30. 1981The Tyrant's Heart, or Boccaccio in HungaryFilm: Director, Writer
  31. 1979Allegro BarbaroFilm: Director, Writer
  32. 1979Hungarian RhapsodyFilm: Director, Writer
  33. 1978The Presence IIFilm: Director
  34. 1977Laboratorio teatrale di Luca RonconiFilm: Director
  35. 1976Private Vices, Public VirtuesFilm: Writer, Director
  36. 1974Electra, My LoveFilm: Director
  37. 1974Rome Wants Another CaesarFilm: Director, Writer
  38. 1972The Technique and the RiteFilm: Director, Writer
  39. 1972Red PsalmFilm: Director
  40. 1971Agnus DeiFilm: Director, Writer
  41. 1970The PacifistFilm: Director
  42. 1969Winter WindFilm: Director, Writer
  43. 1969The ConfrontationFilm: Writer, Director
  44. 1969Decameron '69Film: Director
  45. 1968Silence and CryFilm: Director, Writer
  46. 1967The Red and the WhiteFilm: Director, Writer
  47. 1967With a Camera in KostromaFilm: Director
  48. 1966The Round-UpFilm: Director
  49. 1965My Way HomeFilm: Director
  50. 1965The PresenceFilm: Director
  51. 1963CantataFilm: Director, Screenplay
  52. 1962An Indian StoryFilm: Director
  53. 1960Három csillagFilm: Director
  54. 1960SalesmanshipFilm: Director
  55. 1958A város pereménFilm: Director
  56. 1958The Bells Have Gone to RomeFilm: Director
  57. 1954Autumn in BadacsonyFilm: Director
  58. 1953Harvest in OrosházaFilm: Director
  59. 1952A 8. szabad május 1Film: Director
  60. 1951A szovjet mezögazdasági küldöttek tanításaiFilm: Director
  61. 1950We Took Over the Cause of PeaceFilm: Director, Writer

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