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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.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: MARFAFILM, 8Heads Productions, Česká televize, Cineart TV Prague, Heyday, Moss & Roy, Q1 Film, Michael Samuelson Lighting Prague, Opona Studio
- Keyword: biography, historical
- Cast: Aneta Langerová, Marie Štípková, Zuzana Fialová, Anna Sedláčková, Pavel Zedníček, Tomáš Jeřábek
