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Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

Genres

Comedy , History

Duration

106 min

Director

Karen Shakhnazarov

Rating

4.9

Release Date

July 10, 2001

Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

Original title: Яды, или всемирная история отравлений

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Synopsis Poisons or the World History of Poisoning

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.