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Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
Genres
ComedyHistory
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
106 min
Release Date
2001-07-11
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
13
Vote Average
5.1
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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
Vasiliy Dolbitikov
Zhanna Dudanova
Marina Kazankova
Lukretsiya Bordzhia
Ekaterina Klimova
Irina Leonova
Pavel Poymalov
Tatyana Monakhova
Pavel Vashchilin
Yuri Osherov
Dillon Oloiede
Natalya Kulinkina
Aleksey Alekseev
Aleksandr Ablyazov
Dmitriy Dyuzhev
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