History of the World: Part I
Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!
6.8
943 votes
1981
1h 32m
Comedy
Overview
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Directed by Mel Brooks
Top cast
Mel Brooks
Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
Dom DeLuise
Emperor Nero
Madeline Kahn
Empress Nympho
Harvey Korman
Count de Monet
Cloris Leachman
Madame Defarge
Ron Carey
Swiftus
Gregory Hines
Josephus
Pamela Stephenson
Mademoiselle Rimbaud
Shecky Greene
Marcus Vindictus
Sid Caesar
Chief Caveman
Mary-Margaret Humes
Miriam
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
Rudy De Luca
Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman EmpireL
Leigh French
Prehistoric WomanR
Richard Karron
Prehistoric ManS
Susette Carroll
Prehistoric Man
Sammy Shore
Prehistoric ManJ
J.J. Barry
Prehistoric ManE
Earl Finn
Prehistoric Man / Disciple - The Roman Empire
Suzanne Kent
Prehistoric ManDetails
Status
Released
Release date
June 12, 1981
Budget
$10M
Revenue
$31.7M
Language
French, Latin, English
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