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Miklós Jancsó first studied Law at the University of Cluj (Romania) and later direction at the School of Cinema in Budapest. His fifth film, "Szegénylegények" (1965), with a script by Gyula Hernádi, made him internationally known. In his following films he developed a personal style of historic analysis, complex camera movements, dance and popular songs, creating his own style for the movies he called "political musical". This gave him a broad acceptance in the 1960s. In the 1970s he also filmed in Italy, but did not have the success he was used to.

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Screenplay by Gyula Hernádi

(current films) The characters of Kapa (Zoltán Mucsi) and Pepe (Péter Scherer)

(early films) Present-day politics and problems allegorized in Hungarian (and sometimes foreign) history.

Cinematography by János Kende

Long shots with a duration of several minutes (80-minute long Sirokkó consists of only 12 shots)

Trivia

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 465-473. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

Father of three: Nyika Jancsó (b. 1952), Katalin Jancsó (b. 1955), Dávid Jancsó (b. 1982). He also adopted Márta Mészáros's son, Zoltán Jancsó.

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967