Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (2001)
Movie
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.
Directed By : Karen Shakhnazarov
Genres : Comedy, History
Status : Released
Released : Jul 11, 2001
Length : 106 minutes
Cast
- Oleg Basilashvili
- Ignat Akrachkov
- Aleksandr Bashirov
- Lyudmila Kasatkina
- Andrei Panin
- Olga Tumaykina
- Vasiliy Dolbitikov
- Zhanna Dudanova
- Marina Kazankova
- Ekaterina Klimova
- Irina Leonova
- Pavel Poymalov
- Tatyana Monakhova
- Pavel Vashchilin
- Yuri Osherov
- Dillon Oloiede
- Natalya Kulinkina
- Aleksey Alekseev
- Aleksandr Ablyazov
- Dmitriy Dyuzhev
Crew
- Director : Karen Shakhnazarov
- Writer : Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
- Writer : Karen Shakhnazarov
- Producer : Georgi Mukakevich
- Producer : Galina Shadur
- Original Music Composer : Anatoli Kroll
- Director of Photography : Vladimir Klimov
- Editor : Lidiya Milioti
- Production Design : Lyudmila Kusakova
- Costume Design : Svetlana Titova
- Makeup Department Head : Lyudmila Rauzhina