
Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
Original title: Яды, или всемирная история отравлений
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5.1/10
(13)
7/11/2001
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1h 46min

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Synopsis
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.
Direction: Karen Shakhnazarov
Cast

Олег Басилашвили
Prohorov / Pope Alexander VI

Игнат Акрачков
Volkov

Александр Баширов
Neighbour

Людмила Касаткина
Mother-in-law

Андрей Панин
Cesare Borgia

Ольга Тумайкина
Neighbour's wife

Василий Долбитиков

Марина Казанкова
Lukretsiya Bordzhia

Екатерина Климова

Irina Leonova

Павел Поймалов