MIKLOS JANCSO COLLECTION

4 PACK

Four-disc set includes: The Round-Up (1966)Hungary, the late 19th century: In a prison camp still holding dissidents from the failed 1848 revolution, the staff sought to determine the truth of the rumor that notorious bandit chieftain Sandor Rozsa was among the detained. The pressure on Rozsa guerilla Janos Gajdar (Janos Gorbe) and his fellows to turn on one another leads to stunning results, in Miklos Jancso's name-making historical drama. 90 min. In Hungarian with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR The Red And The White (1967)Miklos Jancso helmed this critically applauded look at the 1918 Russian Revolution through Hungary's point of view. The Hungarian Army and the Red Army battle the counter-revolutionary Whites in this brilliantly photographed drama. 92 min. In Hungarian with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR The Confrontation (1969)After Hungary's Communist Party came to power in 1947, a group of adherent college students wanted to cap off their political rally by engaging local seminarians for a debate. Between their internecine rivalry and their party handlers' exploitation, however, the peaceful discourse is fated to end badly, in Miklos Jancso's parable. Andrea Drahota, Lajos Balazsovits star. 80 min. In Hungarian with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR Winter Wind (1969)Told with only thirteen sustained shots, Miklos Jancso's compelling mid '30s-set drama follows a gaggle of Hungarian-backed Croatian anarchists in their disruptive guerilla toils against the Yugoslavian establishment, and shows how their mutual distrust proves their ultimate undoing. Jacques Charrier, Marina Vlady, Ewa Swann star. 80 min. In Hungarian with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR Red Psalm (1971)In the agrarian fields of 1890s Hungary, the laboring peasants staged an uprising against the landowners over compensation for their crops. While their revolution was marked with revelry, the confrontation would have an inevitably tragic conclusion. Miklos Jancso's striking, color- and music-splashed effort stars Andrea Drahota, Gyongyi Buros. 87 min. In Hungarian with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR Electra, My Love (1974)Shot in nine long takes, Miklos Jancso's spin on the classic Greek play is set on a barren Hungarian plain where the titular heroine partakes in an ancient ritual while awaiting her brother's return before avenging their father's murder. With Mari Torocsik, Gyorgy Cserhalmi, Jozsef Madaras. 75 min. In Hungarian with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR Standard and Widescreen; Soundtrack: Hungarian; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; bonus shorts Harvest in Oroshaza (1953), Autumn in Badacsony (1954), Red Indian Story (1961), Presence (1965), With a Camera in Kostroma (1967). Second Presence (1978), Third Presence (1986).