Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

2001
1h 46m
4.9

4.9/10

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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.

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
Kuryer Film Studio Mosfilm
Production Countries
Russia
Spoken Languages
Russian

Keywords

Quick Facts

Original Title Яды, или всемирная история отравлений
Release Date July 11, 2001
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0261435

Cast

Ignat Akrachkov
Ignat Akrachkov

Volkov

Oleg Basilashvili
Oleg Basilashvili

Prohorov / Pope Alexander VI

Zhanna Dudanova
Zhanna Dudanova

Katya

Aleksandr Bashirov
Aleksandr Bashirov

Arnold Sharapov

Olga Tumaykina
Olga Tumaykina

Zoe Filimonova

Lyudmila Kasatkina
Lyudmila Kasatkina

Evgenia Ivanovna Holodkova

Andrei Panin
Andrei Panin

Cesare Borgia

Yuri Osherov
Yuri Osherov

Socrates

Aleksandr Andrievich
Aleksandr Andrievich

Artaxerxes

Marina Kazankova
Marina Kazankova

Lucretia Borgia

Ekaterina Klimova
Ekaterina Klimova

Jeanne d'Albret

Ivan Lakshin
Ivan Lakshin

Nero

Key Crew

Karen Shakhnazarov
Director
Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
Writer
Karen Shakhnazarov
Writer
Georgi Mukakevich
Producer
Galina Shadur
Producer