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Miklós Jancsó was a famous Hungarian director. He was born in Hungary, in the ancient town of Vac. He studied at the University of Kolozsvár. His subjects were Law, Art History and Ethnography. Jancsó always wanted to become a stage director, but there was no scope for higher studies in Hungary at that time. In the year 1944, Jancsó obtained a doctorate degree in law from the Kolozsvár University.
In 1951, Jancsó graduated from Budapest's Academy of Dramatic and Film Art. Béla Balázs, a popular screen writer and film critic, was one of his mentors. Prior to this, he did a research work in ethnology from Transylvania. Miklós Jancsó had a typical style of his own, which was distinct in his scenes and shots. His works were mainly related to disputes, terror and oppression. Some of his early works include The Red and the White, The Round-Up and Red Psalm.
In the film Red Psalm, Miklós Jancsó portrayed a story that deals with the rebellion of 1890's. He displayed in the film the endless yearning for freedom by the peasants by means of songs, dance and plots. Jancsó won the Best director's award for this film at Cannes. Jancsó's films also won him life time achievement award in the year 1979 at Cannes. 'A harangok Rómában mentek' was the first feature film made by him and the second was 'Cantata' (1963), which fetched him the Hungarian Critics' Prize.
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