Miklos Jancso Collection (Blu-ray)

Screenwriter and director Miklós Jancsó was the creator of a unique film language centered around his mastery of the
tracking shot. The first internationally recognized representative of modern Hungarian filmmaking, his extraordinary
works examined oppressive authority and the mechanics of power. Kino Lorber is proud to present six of his classic
features restored in from their original camera negatives by the National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive.
The Round-Up (1966) depicts a prison camp in the aftermath of the 1848 Hungarian Revolution. A true classic of world
cinema. The Red and the White (1967) is a haunting, powerful film about the absurdity and evil of war set in Central
Russia during the Civil War of 1918. The Confrontation (1968) is a story of protest and rebellion set in 1947 Hungary,
when the Communist Party has just taken power. Winter Wind (1969) consists of twelve fluid long takes that capture
a mid-1930s group of Croatian anarchists. Red Psalm (1971) follows a group of farm workers who go on strike in
1890s Hungary, for which Jancsó wont he best director prize at Cannes. Electra, My Love (1974) is a richly inventive
adaptation of the Greek myth that consists of 12 single take, intricately choreographed set pieces.