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.
Unfortunately the movie Poisons or the World History of Poisoning is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Karen Shakhnazarov | Director |
| Writing | Aleksandr Borodyanskiy | Writer |
| Writing | Karen Shakhnazarov | Writer |
| Production | Georgi Mukakevich | Producer |
| Production | Galina Shadur | Producer |
| Sound | Anatoli Kroll | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Vladimir Klimov | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Lidiya Milioti | Editor |
| Art | Lyudmila Kusakova | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Svetlana Titova | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Rauzhina | Makeup Department Head |
