8 Heads of Madness (2017)
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.
Featured Crew
| Marta Nováková | Director |
| Lukáš Dvořák | Assistant Director |
| Jan Gogola | Dramaturgy |
| Šimon Špidla | Editor |
| Jan Liška | First Assistant Director |
| Kateřina Hájková | Assistant Production Design |
| Marta Nováková | Screenplay |
| Biba Bohinská | Dramaturgy |
| Ondřej Sovík | Assistant Director |
| Michal Kopp | Assistant Director |
