Miklós Jancsó's best films
The top 3 according to 36 votes from people: Cantata (1963) · The Red and the White (1967) · My Way Home (1965). (Updated Jan 26, 2024.)
Long takes, the puszta and power: Miklós Jancsó's key films, based on recommendations by Magyar Narancs, Life.hu and the National Film Institute.
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Top 13
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1
Cantata (1963)
The standout of his early career.
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2
The Red and the White (1967)
Hungarians caught up in the Russian Civil War.
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3
My Way Home (1965)
A young soldier in 1945.
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4
Red Psalm (1972)
Best director at Cannes.
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5
Winter Wind (1969)
Croatian anarchists in the 1930s.
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6
The Round-Up (1966)
A milestone of Hungarian cinema; in competition at Cannes.
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7
Silence and Cry (1968)
After the fall of the 1919 Soviet Republic.
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8
The Confrontation (1968)
Young communist students in 1947.
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9
Agnus Dei (1970)
The 1919 counter-revolution.
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10
Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
The first part of a planned trilogy.
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11
Elektra, My Love (1974)
The Electra myth on the puszta.
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12
Allegro barbaro (1979)
The follow-up to Hungarian Rhapsody.
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13
The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1999)
The first Kapa and Pepe film, with Zoltán Mucsi and Péter Scherer.
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