History of the World: Part I (1981)
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
- Released
- 1981-06-12
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mel Brooks, Mel Brooks
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 964 votes
Cast
- Mel Brooks as Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
- Dom DeLuise as Emperor Nero
- Madeline Kahn as Empress Nympho
- Harvey Korman as Count de Monet
- Cloris Leachman as Madame Defarge
- Ron Carey as Swiftus
- Gregory Hines as Josephus
- Pamela Stephenson as Mademoiselle Rimbaud
- Shecky Greene as Marcus Vindictus
- Sid Caesar as Chief Caveman
- Mary-Margaret Humes as Miriam
- Orson Welles as Narrator (voice)
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