Konstantin Stanislavski
París, Francia, diciembre de 1897. El joven dramaturgo Edmond Rostand se siente un fracasado. La inspiración lo ha abandonado. Casado y padre de dos hijos, desesperado y sin dinero, convence al gran actor Constant Coquelin para que interprete el papel principal de su nueva obra. Pero hay un problema: Coquelin quiere estrenarla en Navidad y Edmond no ha escrito todavía ni una sola palabra.
Winter
La película sigue la vida del "Schindler checho" Zdenek Toman, un polémico político que salvó la vida de cientos de judíos europeos.
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.
Kožený (radní)
In a Czech school friendship grows between a teacher and a student. The friendship turns into an intimate relationship. Till the student begin to blackmail the teacher.