Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (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.
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
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Ignat Akrachkov as Volkov |
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Oleg Basilashvili as Prohorov / Pope Alexander VI |
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Zhanna Dudanova as Katya |
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Aleksandr Bashirov as Arnold Sharapov |
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Olga Tumaykina as Zoe Filimonova |
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Lyudmila Kasatkina as Evgenia Ivanovna Holodkova |
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Andrei Panin as Cesare Borgia |
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Yuri Osherov as Socrates |
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Aleksandr Andrievich as Artaxerxes |
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Marina Kazankova as Lucretia Borgia |
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Ekaterina Klimova as Jeanne d'Albret |
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Ivan Lakshin as Nero |
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Фёдор Шеленков as Caligula |
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Dmitriy Dyuzhev as Edma Costa |
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Vasiliy Dolbitikov as |
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Irina Kareva as Larisa |
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Irina Leonova as |
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Pavel Poymalov as theater actor |
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Tatyana Monakhova as |
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Pavel Vashchilin as |
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Dillon Oloiede as |
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Natalya Kulinkina as |
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Aleksey Alekseev as |
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Aleksandr Ablyazov as poisoner |
| Directing | Karen Shakhnazarov | Director |
| Writing | Aleksandr Borodyanskiy | Writer |
| Writing | Karen Shakhnazarov | Writer |
| Editing | Lidiya Milioti | Editor |
| Art | Lyudmila Kusakova | Production Design |
| Camera | Vladimir Klimov | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Svetlana Titova | Costume Design |
| Production | Georgi Mukakevich | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Rauzhina | Makeup Department Head |
| Production | Galina Shadur | Producer |
| Sound | Anatoli Kroll | Original Music Composer |
