8 Heads of Madness

– ANNA ALEXANDROVNA BARKOVA (1901-1976) Journalist and poet, meeting suspicious characters. Involved i..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
4.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 47 Minutes
Release Year:
2017
Original Name:
8 hlav šílenství
8 Heads of Madness (2017) - Also known as 8 hlav šílenství

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.

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Release Date:

22 May 2014

Language:

Czech

Director:

Marta Nováková

Writer:

Marta Nováková

Main Actors:

Aneta Langerová, Viktorie Cermáková, Zuzana Fialová, Martin Sitta