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Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (2001)

Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

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12+

1h 46m

Comedy, Historical

July 11th, 2001

6.4/10

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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.

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Cast

Oleg Basilashvili
Prohorov, pope Alexander VI
Ignat Akrachkov
Volkov
Aleksey Alekseev
Aleksandr Bashirov
Neighnour
Vasiliy Dolbitikov
Zhanna Dudanova
Wife
Dmitriy Dyuzhev
Dr. Edma Costa
Lyudmila Kasatkina
Mother-in-law
Marina Kazankova
Lukretsiya Bordzhia
Ekaterina Klimova
Full cast & crew

Directors

Karen Shakhnazarov
Full cast & crew

Producers

Georgi Mukakevich
producer
Galina Shadur
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
Karen Shakhnazarov
Full cast & crew

Keywords

poisoning
actor
or as title separator

Country of Origin

Russian Federation

Languages

Russian

Release Dates

March 8th, 2002 (Argentina) (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
July 11th, 2001 (Czechia) (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival) (premiere)
January 27th, 2002 (Czechia) (Febio Film Festival) (Premiere)
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Alternative Titles

Yady, ili vsemirnaya istoriya otravleniy (original title)
Venenos (Argentina) (festival title)
Mérgek, avagy a mérgezés világtörténete (Hungary)
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Running Times

106 min

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

Kuryer
Mosfilm Children's Film Unit
Kuryer Film Studio
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Distribution Companies

Kinovideoobedinenie "Krupniy Plan" (Russian Federation)

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