Movie
Poisons or the World History of Poisoning
Released: July 11, 2001 (2001)
Runtime: 106 minutes
Genres: Comedy, History
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Lyudmila Kasatkina as Evgenia Ivanovna Holodkova
Age at release: 76
- Oleg Basilashvili as Prohorov / Pope Alexander VI
Age at release: 66
- Yuri Osherov as Socrates
Age at release: 58
- Aleksandr Bashirov as Arnold Sharapov
Age at release: 45
- Andrei Panin as Cesare Borgia
Age at release: 39
- Olga Tumaykina as Zoe Filimonova
Age at release: 29
- Ignat Akrachkov as Volkov
Age at release: 25
- Marina Kazankova as Lucretia Borgia
Age at release: 19
- Aleksandr Andrievich as Artaxerxes
Age at release: 15
- Zhanna Dudanova as Katya
Age at release: Unknown
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Age at release: 64
- Aleksandr Ablyazov as poisoner
Age at release: 41
- Pavel Poymalov as theater actor
Age at release: 35
- Ivan Lakshin as Nero
Age at release: 26
- Irina Kareva as Larisa
Age at release: 26
Age at release: 24
- Ekaterina Klimova as Jeanne d'Albret
Age at release: 23
- Dmitriy Dyuzhev as Edma Costa
Age at release: 23
Age at release: 22
Age at release: 22
Age at release: 22
- Фёдор Шеленков as Caligula
Age at release: Unknown
Age at release: Unknown
Age at release: Unknown