Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (2001)
11/07/2001
Comedy, History
1h 46m
- 51% (13 votes)
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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.
- Karen ShakhnazarovDirector, Writer
- Aleksandr BorodyanskiyWriter
Original Title
Яды, или всемирная история отравлений
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Keywords
- poisoning
Top Billed Cast
Oleg Basilashvili
Prohorov / Pope Alexander VI
Ignat Akrachkov
Volkov
Aleksandr Bashirov
Neighbour
Lyudmila Kasatkina
Mother-in-law
Andrei Panin
Cesare Borgia
Olga Tumaykina
Neighbour's wife
Vasiliy Dolbitikov
Zhanna Dudanova
Marina Kazankova
Lukretsiya Bordzhia
Ekaterina Klimova
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