Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
2001 · 1h 46m · N/A
Comedy, History
Directed by
Karen Shakhnazarov
Overview
A story of an actor named Oleg whose wife has been seduced by his neighbor. As he is thoroughly convinced of her infidelity, he would like to poison her. An old man named Prokhorov helps him to get rid of his wife by lecturing about famous deaths caused by poisoning. It is from Prokhorov we learn that many famous and not so famous like Cesare Borgia and Caligula were killed as they were poisoned.
Director and cast
- Karen Shakhnazarov Director
- Ignat Akrachkov as Volkov
- Oleg Basilashvili as Prohorov / Pope Alexander VI
- Aleksandr Bashirov as Neighbour
- Zhanna Dudanova as Katya
- Lyudmila Kasatkina as Mother-in-law
- Olga Tumaykina as Zoe Filimonova
- Andrei Panin as Cesare Borgia
- Yuri Osherov Cast
- Aleksandr Andrievich Cast
- Marina Kazankova Cast
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