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.

• DirectorKaren Shakhnazarov
• Release11 July 2001
• Genre
  Comedy / History
• Duration1h 46m
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  4.9
  15 reviews
• Productions

  Kuryer Film Studio, Mosfilm