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The film "Red Psalm" is directed by Hungarian filmmaker Mikl*s Jancs* and won the Best Director Prize at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. It tells the story of a peasant revolt in Hungary during the early days of socialism in the 1890s. The film is known for being shot in only 28 long takes and explores themes of revolution, oppression, morality, and violence.
Hungarian filmmaker Mikl*s Jancs* directs this socialist paean depicting the rise and fall of a peasant revolt. Winner of the Best Director Prize at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival, the film - famously shot in just 28 long takes - recounts the story of a peasant uprising in Hungary in the earliest days of socialism in the 1890s, delivering an exuberantly expressive essay on the nature of revolution and the underlying issues of oppression, morality and violence.