Miklós Jancsó

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-09-27 (93 years old)

Deathday

2014-01-31

Place of Birth

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 Communism and the Soviet occupation, although some c...

Production

1969

Decameron '69

as Director

1974

Electra, My Love

as Director

1979

1967

1983

Budapest

as Director

1966

The Round-Up

as Director

1965

My Way Home

as Director

1972

Red Psalm

as Director

2004

2006

1962

An Indian Story

as Director

1953

1954

1970

The Pacifist

as Director

1969

1968

Silence and Cry

as Director

1992

1969

Winter Wind

as Director

1969

Winter Wind

as Writer

1963

Cantata

as Director

1987

1960

Három csillag

as Director

1971

Agnus Dei

as Director

1971

Agnus Dei

as Writer

2010

1979

Allegro Barbaro

as Director

1965

The Presence

as Director

1978

The Presence II

as Director

1986

The Presence III

as Director

1986

The Dawn

as Director

1968

2010

1979

2012

Hungary 2011

as Director

2012

Hungary 2011

as Writer

1969

1996

Elmondták-e...?

as Director

1952

1963

Encounter

as Editor

1963

Cantata

as Screenplay

1984

Muzsika

as Director

1980

Das Lied

as Cinematography

1984

1991

1979

1996

1991

God Walks Backwards

as Screenplay

1986

The Dawn

as Writer

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