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8 Heads of Madness
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8 Heads of Madness

2017-10-12 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 3.5

Drama

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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Directors
Marta Nováková
Production companies
MARFAFILM, 8Heads Productions, Česká televize, Cineart TV Prague, Heyday, Moss & Roy, Q1 Film, Michael Samuelson Lighting Prague, Opona Studio
Countries
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Aneta LangerováAneta LangerováAnna Barkovová
Marie ŠtípkováMarie ŠtípkováTamara Ivanovna
Zuzana FialováZuzana FialováValentina
Anna Sedláčková
Pavel ZedníčekPavel Zedníček
Tomáš JeřábekTomáš Jeřábek
Martin SittaMartin Sitta
Viktorie ČermákováViktorie Čermáková
Miroslav TáborskýMiroslav Táborský
Sabina RemundováSabina Remundová
Eva LeinweberováEva Leinweberová
Jaromír DulavaJaromír DulavaBogdanov
Luboš VeselýLuboš Veselý
Jiří ŠtréblJiří Štrébl
Lukáš JůzaLukáš Jůza
Martin Veliký
Filip RajmontFilip Rajmont
Peter VargaPeter Varga
Ladislav Veselý
Ondřej BauerOndřej Bauer

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