Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

106 mins | Comedy, History | July 11, 2001

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.

Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

106 mins | Comedy, History | July 11, 2001

Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Kuryer, Mosfilm
Original title Яды, или всемирная история отравлений
Directors Karen Shakhnazarov
Writers Karen Shakhnazarov, Aleksandr Borodyanskiy

Cast

Oleg Basilashvili

as Prohorov / Pope Alexander VI

Ignat Akrachkov

as Volkov

Aleksandr Bashirov

as Neighbour

Lyudmila Kasatkina

as Mother-in-law

Andrei Panin

as Cesare Borgia

Olga Tumaykina

as Neighbour's wife

Marina Kazankova

as Lukretsiya Bordzhia