Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (2001)


  • Genre: Comedy, History
  • Release Date: 2001-07-11
  • User Rating: 5.1/10 from 13 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 46min
  • Language: Pусский
  • Production Company: Kuryer Film Studio
  • Production Country: Russia
  • Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
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Summary

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.

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  • Oleg Basilashvili

    as Prohorov / Pope Alexander VI
  • Ignat Akrachkov

    as Volkov
  • Aleksandr Bashirov

    as Neighbour
  • Lyudmila Kasatkina

    as Mother-in-law
  • Andrei Panin

    as Cesare Borgia
  • Olga Tumaykina

    as Neighbour's wife
  • Vasiliy Dolbitikov

    as
  • Zhanna Dudanova

    as
  • Marina Kazankova

    as Lukretsiya Bordzhia
  • Ekaterina Klimova

    as
  • Irina Leonova

    as
  • Pavel Poymalov

    as
  • Tatyana Monakhova

    as
  • Pavel Vashchilin

    as
  • Yuri Osherov

    as
  • Dillon Oloiede

    as
  • Natalya Kulinkina

    as
  • Aleksey Alekseev

    as
  • Aleksandr Ablyazov

    as
  • Dmitriy Dyuzhev

    as
Directing Karen Shakhnazarov Director
Writing Aleksandr Borodyanskiy Writer
Writing Karen Shakhnazarov Writer
Editing Lidiya Milioti Editor
Art Lyudmila Kusakova Production Design
Camera Vladimir Klimov Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Svetlana Titova Costume Design
Production Georgi Mukakevich Producer
Costume & Make-Up Lyudmila Rauzhina Makeup Department Head
Production Galina Shadur Producer
Sound Anatoli Kroll Original Music Composer

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