Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (2001)
- Original title
- Яды, или всемирная история отравлений
- Directed by
- Karen Shakhnazarov
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Russia
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rated
- 12+
- Rating
- 5.1 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This Russian comedy shows different stories about poisons and poisonings throughout history. It mixes fantasy with real historical figures in a series of amusing vignettes.
absurdistwhimsicalplayfuloffbeatdarkly comicsatiricallighthearted
What happens
Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (Russian: Яды, или Всемирная история отравлений, romanized: Yady, ili vsemirnaya istoriya otravleniy) is a 2001 Russian fantastical absurdist comedy directed by Karen Shakhnazarov. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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