8 Heads of Madness
8 hlav šílenství2017
- Marta Nováková
- October 12, 2017 · Czech Republic, Slovakia
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 12, 2017
- Original language
- Czech
- Spoken languages
- Czech, Russian
- Countries
- Czech Republic, Slovakia
- Production
- Česká televize,Michael Samuelson Lighting Prague,Cineart TV Prague,8Heads Productions,MARFAFILM,Heyday,Moss & Roy,Q1 Film,Opona Studio
- Cast
- Peter Varga,Martin Veliký,Viktorie Čermáková,Jiří Štrébl,Miloslav Mejzlík,Tomáš Jeřábek,Sabina Remundová,Zuzana Fialová,Aneta Langerová,Anna Sedláčkováand 11 more
- Director
- Marta Nováková
- Writer
- Marta Nováková
- Cinematography
- Lukáš Hyksa
- Music
- Vladivojna La Chia
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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