Miklós Jancsó Movies

  • 1981
    The Tyrant's Heart, or Boccaccio in Hungary

    The Tyrant's Heart, or Boccaccio in Hungary

    The Tyrant's Heart, or Boccaccio in Hungary

    5.21981HD

    A historical drama set in the 1400s, a young man sent to Italy but is forced back after his father's mysterious death.

    The Tyrant's Heart, or Boccaccio in Hungary
  • 1958
    The Bells Have Gone to Rome

    The Bells Have Gone to Rome

    The Bells Have Gone to Rome

    81958HD

    The movie addresses the anti-fascist theme taken from a moral perspective. The movie tells the story of a group of teenagers who were drafted to the...

    The Bells Have Gone to Rome
  • 1963
    Cantata

    Cantata

    Cantata

    6.8331963HD

    A young doctor undergoes a spiritual crisis when he returns to his rural home.

    Cantata
  • 1969
    The Confrontation

    The Confrontation

    The Confrontation

    6.5451969HD

    In post-WWII Hungary, a group of Communist college students arrive at a Catholic seminary hoping to engage in peaceful debate with its students.

    The Confrontation
  • 1987
    Season of Monsters

    Season of Monsters

    Season of Monsters

    5.51987HD

    Zoltai is a Hungarian professor who returns home after a visit to the United States. Following a television interview, he commits suicide and leaves...

    Season of Monsters
  • 1986
    The Dawn

    The Dawn

    The Dawn

    9.51986HD

    In a drama in which even Gad has a role as well as Michael York, it is certain that serious issues are at stake. Set during the time before the state...

    The Dawn
  • 1950
    We Took Over the Cause of Peace

    We Took Over the Cause of Peace

    We Took Over the Cause of Peace

    91950HD

    One of the earliest works of the outstanding Hungarian director Miklós Jancso was filmed by him in collaboration with Dezho Koza and Gyula...

    We Took Over the Cause of Peace
  • 1969
    Winter Wind

    Winter Wind

    Winter Wind

    7.11969HD

    Croatian anarchists collaborate with Hungarians to make a bid for the life of King Alexander of Yugoslavia.

    Winter Wind
  • 1965
    My Way Home

    My Way Home

    My Way Home

    7.131965HD

    In the aftermath of World War II, a Hungarian teenager, captured by Soviet troops, forms an unlikely bond with a Russian soldier in a remote prison...

    My Way Home
  • 2003
    Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep

    Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep

    Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep

    5.62003HD

    This time, Kapa and Pepe are first of all prisoners of war – and convicts taken to forced labor service, Jews, Hungarian soldiers, German...

    Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep
  • 1960
    Salesmanship

    Salesmanship

    Salesmanship

    81960HD

    Socialist industry manufactures only those products absolutely required by workers, citizens purchase only those items essential for their everyday...

    Salesmanship
  • 1977
    Laboratorio teatrale di Luca Ronconi

    Laboratorio teatrale di Luca Ronconi

    Laboratorio teatrale di Luca Ronconi

    01977HD

    A documentary about director Luca Ronconi. He is asked about his life and his choice to devote himself to theater and in particular, at that precise...

    Laboratorio teatrale di Luca Ronconi
  • 1974
    Rome Wants Another Caesar

    Rome Wants Another Caesar

    Rome Wants Another Caesar

    6.51974HD

    In this costume epic, the last days of Julius Caesar are chronicled.

    Rome Wants Another Caesar
  • 1989
    Jesus Christ's Horoscope

    Jesus Christ's Horoscope

    Jesus Christ's Horoscope

    6.51989HD

    A focus on the tormented lives of intellectuals who failed to protest recent troubles in their homeland. Jancsó emphasizes highly evocative...

    Jesus Christ's Horoscope
  • 2010
    So Much for Justice!

    So Much for Justice!

    So Much for Justice!

    5.52010HD

    Concerning the Mátyás era in Hungarian history, during the reign of Matthias Corvinus (1443–1490), the film focuses on three eras...

    So Much for Justice!
  • 1999
    The Lord's Lantern in Budapest

    The Lord's Lantern in Budapest

    The Lord's Lantern in Budapest

    6.41999HD

    In the Kerepesi Street cemetery, three grave diggers contemplate the fate of the world, then they step out of this role and in a sequence of episodes...

    The Lord's Lantern in Budapest
  • 1998
    Hősök tere - szubjektív történelmi mese I

    Hősök tere - szubjektív történelmi mese I

    Hősök tere - szubjektív történelmi mese I

    01998HD

    A mix of documentary and essay about Hősök tere (Heroes' Square) in Budapest.

    Hősök tere - szubjektív történelmi mese I
  • 1972
    The Technique and the Rite

    The Technique and the Rite

    The Technique and the Rite

    5.61972HD

    The narrative concerns the barbaric exploits of Attila The Hun and yet none of the characters ever leave the remote seaside stretch of land on which...

    The Technique and the Rite
  • 2010
    Negative history of Hungarian cinema

    Negative history of Hungarian cinema

    Negative history of Hungarian cinema

    102010HD

    Reconstructions of unrealized Hungarian films in cooperation with the greatest Hungarian film directors.

    Negative history of Hungarian cinema
  • 1978
    The Presence II

    The Presence II

    The Presence II

    7.751978HD

    An exploration of a decaying synagogue.

    The Presence II