Direction: Miklós Jancsó
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Miklós Jancsó. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
The Round-Up
1966 · Movie · 95 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast János Görbe · Zoltán Latinovits · Tibor Molnár · Gábor Agárdi
Plot In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established, but partisans carry on with violent actions. In order to root out the guerilla,...
7.2
262 votes
7.2
262 votes
My Way Home
1965 · Movie · 109 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast Béla Barsi · Jurij Bodovszkij · Viktor Csekmarev · Sándor Csikós
7.2
93 votes
7.2
93 votes
The Red and the White
1967 · Movie · 90 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast József Madaras · Tibor Molnár · András Kozák · Jácint Juhász
Plot In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a monastery and a field hospital are held by one side then the other. Captives...
7.2
600 votes
7.2
600 votes
Beloved Electra
1974 · Movie · 70 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast Mari Töröcsik · György Cserhalmi · József Madaras · Mária Bajcsay
Plot The Euripides drama is played here on an expansive flat field. Hundreds of participants, a couple dozen horses, pheasants and pigeons move and dance over that terrain while the camera...
6.8
67 votes
6.8
67 votes
Silence and Cry
1967 · Movie · 73 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast Mari Töröcsik · József Madaras · Zoltán Latinovits · Andrea Drahota
6.7
94 votes
6.7
94 votes
Cantata
1963 · Movie · 94 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast Zoltán Latinovits · Andor Ajtay · Béla Barsi · Miklós Szakáts
Plot In this work, influenced by Michelangelo Antonioni, Jancsó created the unique visual style by which he became known - the mesmerizing, sweeping, ballet-like camera movement, which emphasize the relation between...
6.6
45 votes
6.6
45 votes
Red Psalm
1972 · Movie · 87 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast Andrea Ajtony · András Ambrus · Lajos Balázsovits · András Bálint
Plot Red Psalm centers around a small peasants' revolt in 1890. It draws inspiration from the Hungarian revolutionary movements of the 19th century, including the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, of which...
6.3
217 votes
6.3
217 votes
The Confrontation
1969 · Movie · 82 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast Andrea Drahota · Kati Kovács · Lajos Balázsovits · András Kozák
Plot This feature follows the student unrest that gripped Hungary in the wake of the 1947 socialist revolution. Scores of students are now able to attend college. Students march in an...
6.3
52 votes
6.3
52 votes
The Pacifist
1970 · Movie · 85 min. · Italy
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast Monica Vitti · Pierre Clémenti · Peter Pasetti · Piero Faggioni
5.2
31 votes
5.2
31 votes
Private Vices and Public Virtues
1976 · Movie · 104 min. · Italy
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast Lajos Balázsovits · Pamela Villoresi · Franco Branciaroli · Teresa Ann Savoy
Plot The setting is a Central European kingdom, near the turn of the century. Bored by his very proper wife, the youthful heir to the throne spends his time in amorous...
5.1
148 votes
5.1
148 votes
The Presence III (S)
1986 · Documentary · 13 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast Dávid Jancsó
Plot Two rabbis show the ruins of an abandoned synagogue to a group of primary school-age Jewish children, and stand by as the children dip bread in honey, drink wine, pray,...
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Dawn
1986 · Movie · 92 min. · France
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast Serge Avedikian · Paul Blain · Christine Boisson · Philippe Léotard
Plot In a drama in which even God has a role (Philippe Leotard) as well as Michael York, it is certain that serious issues are at stake. Set during the time...
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Omega, Omega, Omega (TV)
1984 · Documentary · 72 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast László Benkö · Ferenc Debreczeni · György Kopecsni · Jñanos Kóbor
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The Tyrant's Heart
1981 · Movie · 96 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast Teresa Ann Savoy · László Gálffi · József Madaras · Ninetto Davoli
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Sirokkó
1970 · Movie · 80 min. · France
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast Jacques Charrier · Marina Vlady · Eva Swann · József Madaras
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Hungary 2011
2012 · Movie · 75 min. · Hungary
Direction Benedek Fliegauf · Péter Forgács · Miklós Jancsó · András Jeles
Cast Nóra Lili Hörich · András Bánfalvi
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A mohácsi vész
2004 · Movie · 90 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast Zoltán Mucsi · Péter Scherer · Péter Halász · Lajos Balázsovits
Plot The 5th and final adventure of Kapa & Pepe.
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La tecnica e il rito (TV)
1972 · Movie · 92 min. · Italy
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Cast József Madaras · Marco Guglielmi · Adalberto Maria Merli · Luigi Diberti
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A Kövek Üzenete - Hegyalja (TV)
1994 · Documentary · 54 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Plot Episode from the 1994 'Message of Stones' TV documentary series.
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The Presence II (S)
1978 · Documentary · 12 min. · Hungary
Direction Miklós Jancsó
Plot An exploration of a decaying synagogue.
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