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

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

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

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

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The Tyrant's Heart

1981 · Movie · 96 min. · Hungary

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Sirokkó

1970 · Movie · 80 min. · France

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Hungary 2011

2012 · Movie · 75 min. · Hungary

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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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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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