Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (2001)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 2.418 |
Directed By
Karen Shakhnazarov
Crew
Karen Shakhnazarov
Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
Karen Shakhnazarov
Lyudmila Kusakova
Anatoli Kroll
Georgi Mukakevich
Svetlana Titova
Galina Shadur
Lidiya Milioti
Lyudmila Rauzhina
Vladimir Klimov
TOP 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
Marina Kazankova
Lukretsiya Bordzhia
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