Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

8/8/2001 1h 46m 4.9/10

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

Karen Shakhnazarov

Top Billed Cast

Oleg Basilashvili

Oleg Basilashvili

Prohorov / Pope Alexander VI

Aleksandr Bashirov

Aleksandr Bashirov

Arnold Sharapov

Lyudmila Kasatkina

Lyudmila Kasatkina

Evgenia Ivanovna Holodkova

Olga Tumaykina

Olga Tumaykina

Zoe Filimonova

Ignat Akrachkov

Ignat Akrachkov

Volkov

Zhanna Dudanova

Katya

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