2017
- Drama
8 Heads of Madness
8 hlav šílenství
Countries
- CZ
- Czechia
- SK
- Slovakia
Languages
- cs
- ru
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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StatusReleased
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Release dateOct. 12, 2017
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Original LanguageCzech
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Production Companies
- 8Heads Productions
- Cineart TV Prague
- Heyday
- MARFAFILM
- Michael Samuelson Lighting Prague
- Moss & Roy
- Opona Studio
- Q1 Film
- Česká televize