Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Hungarian filmmaker Miklos Jancso, winner of the best director award at the 1972 Cannes film festival, has died. He was 92.
Jancso's death on Friday after a long illness was announced by the Association of Hungarian Film Artists.
Known for his long shots and for depicting the passage of time in his historical epics merely by costume changes, Jancso won his Cannes award for "Red Psalm," about a 19th-century peasant revolt.
In the 1960s, critics ranked Jancso alongside such great directors as Michelangelo Antonioni and Ingmar Bergman. However, it was his use of scantily clad women, symbolizing defenselessness, which drew big audiences in prudish communist Hungary.
Jancso was born Sept. 27, 1921, in Vac, a small town north of Budapest.
(Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
