8 Heads of Madness

ANNA ALEXANDROVNA BARKOVA (1901-1976) Journalist and poet, meeting suspicious characters. Involved in immoral love affairs. Work in the Kremlin, fired. 1934 - Arrested, 5 years of penal servitude in Karaganda. Lived in Ukraine during the WWII. 1946 - Arrested, 5 years of penal servitude in the Komi Republic. 1956 - Rehabilitated, disability pension. 1957 - Arrested, 10 years of penal servitude. The film 8 Heads of Madness is about the eternal struggle between the artist and external circumstances, the artist and her demons and longings. 8 Heads of Madness is a drama woven from fragments of an appalling era. An unhappy cross-section of the 20th century in an unhappy country, as seen through the sensitive, perceptive vision of a poet.

• Release date
• October 12, 2017
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• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Marta Nováková

Cast

Aneta Langerová Anna Barkovová Marie Štípková Tamara Ivanovna Zuzana Fialová Valentina

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Anna Sedláčková Pavel Zedníček Tomáš Jeřábek Martin Sitta Viktorie Čermáková