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History of the World: Part I(1981)

Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!

6.8(922)1h 32m1981-06-12

Comedy

Overview

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Director:: Mel Brooks
Writers:: Mel Brooks
Producers:: Mel Brooks
Cinematographer:: Woody Omens
Composer:: John Morris
Production:: Brooksfilms, 20th Century Fox
Budget:: $10,000,000
Revenue:: $31,672,907
Status:: Released

Trailer

Cast

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI

Dom DeLuise

Dom DeLuise

Emperor Nero

Madeline Kahn

Madeline Kahn

Empress Nympho

Harvey Korman

Harvey Korman

Count de Monet

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman

Madame Defarge

Ron Carey

Ron Carey

Swiftus

Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines

Josephus

Pamela Stephenson

Pamela Stephenson

Mademoiselle Rimbaud

Shecky Greene

Shecky Greene

Marcus Vindictus

Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar

Chief Caveman

Mary-Margaret Humes

Mary-Margaret Humes

Miriam

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Narrator (voice)