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Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

106 mins

Rating

5.1/10

Release Date

11 July 2001

Country

Russia

Cast

Oleg Basilashvili

Oleg Basilashvili

Prohorov / Pope Alexander VI

Ignat Akrachkov

Ignat Akrachkov

Volkov

Aleksandr Bashirov

Aleksandr Bashirov

Neighbour

Lyudmila Kasatkina

Lyudmila Kasatkina

Mother-in-law

Andrei Panin

Andrei Panin

Cesare Borgia

Olga Tumaykina

Olga Tumaykina

Neighbour's wife

Vasiliy Dolbitikov

Vasiliy Dolbitikov

Zhanna Dudanova

Zhanna Dudanova

Marina Kazankova

Marina Kazankova

Lukretsiya Bordzhia

Ekaterina Klimova

Ekaterina Klimova

Irina Leonova

Irina Leonova

Pavel Poymalov

Pavel Poymalov

Tatyana Monakhova

Tatyana Monakhova

Pavel Vashchilin

Pavel Vashchilin

Yuri Osherov

Yuri Osherov

Dillon Oloiede

Dillon Oloiede

Natalya Kulinkina

Natalya Kulinkina

Aleksey Alekseev

Aleksey Alekseev

Aleksandr Ablyazov

Aleksandr Ablyazov

Dmitriy Dyuzhev

Dmitriy Dyuzhev

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