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.

Country:

Czech Republic,

Slovakia

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

0 minutes

Year:

2017

Director:

Marta Nováková

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Company:

MARFAFILM,

8Heads Productions,

Česká televize,

Cineart TV Prague,

Heyday,

Moss & Roy,

Q1 Film,

Michael Samuelson Lighting Prague,

Opona Studio

Cast:

Anna Barkovová

Tamara Ivanovna

Valentina

Crew:

Director

First Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Assistant Director