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Marcell Jankovics

Marcell Jankovics

Director and writer · Died May 29, 2021, aged 79 · Budapest, Hungary

Marcell Jankovics was a Serbian-Hungarian graphic artist, film director, animator and author. He received an Oscar nomination for the 1974 animated short film "Sisyphus".

Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 21, 1941
Died
May 29, 2021 (aged 79)
From
Budapest, Hungary
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
3 on MovieCove · 38 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 20% in 30 days

What are Marcell Jankovics' films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
32%
Bonds
30%
Ideas
19%
Survival
11%
Morality
8%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 0 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
3
Contemplative
1
Romantic
1
Triumphant
1
Hopeful
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Marcell Jankovics' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Marcell Jankovics' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

38 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Toldi - A mozifilm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Script

  • Toldi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 13 episodes · Director · Creator

  • A Country Divided (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Arcmás - Imago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Sound · Writer

  • The Tragedy of Man(2011)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Gusztáv 2. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Writer

  • Song of the Miraculous Hind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Writer

  • Prometheus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director · Writer

  • The Genesis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director

  • Mondák a magyar történelemből (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 13 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer

  • Son of the White Mare(1981)

    Director · Animation · Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Struggle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director · Writer

  • Mattie the Goose-Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Production Design

  • Hungarian Folktales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 26 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer

  • Honeymation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Writer

  • Gustavus and Alienation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director

  • Gustavus Is Cheating (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director

  • Sisyphus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Director

  • Johnny Corncob(1973)

    Director · Animation Director · Character Designer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Mással beszélnek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Director

  • Mézga család (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Deep Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Director

  • Inauguration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Director · Animation

  • Dreams on Wings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Director · Writer

  • Gustavus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Show 61 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer

  • Gustavus: The Fellow-Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Director

  • 1,2,3… The History of Numbers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Art Designer

  • A magyarság totemállatai nyomában (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Consulting Producer

  • Dirt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Gustav – Wilde Abenteuer mit dem liebenswerten Chaoten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Hungarian Folk Tales: Abeles-Kobeles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Hungarian Folk Tales: Dan the Dancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Hungarian Folk Tales: Pinko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Hungarian Folk Tales: Starving Matthias (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Hungarian Folk Tales: The Hedgehog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Hungarian Folk Tales: The King Who Did Not Want His Daughter To Marry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Hungarian Folk Tales: The Prince Who Wanted To Live Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Világokon át – Barangolás a metafizika birodalmában (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 12 episodes · as önmaga

Career shape

A full career of 38 titles, 27 of them dated from 1962 to 2022.

Biggest box office

Son of the White Mare (1981)

$741 worldwide

Highest rated

Son of the White Mare (1981)

Midcredits 97th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 38: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting32 of 38: 17 only directing, 15 with another roleWriting13 of 38: 1 only writing, 12 with another roleProducing1 of 38: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleOther crew11 of 38: 2 only other crew, 9 with another role

38 titles, 15 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

1960s5 · crew1970s11 · crew1980s3 · crew1990s1 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s3 · 1 acting · 2 crew2020s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Marcell Jankovics' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 95th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 95th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 3 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3

Shape of the crowd

None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser1

Most loved · director, writer

Son of the White Mare (1981)

Midcredits 97th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 82/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Marcell Jankovics work with?

People who share at least 2 of Marcell Jankovics' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Zoltán Bacsó shares the most, 3.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors