History of the World: Part I
Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!
1981 · 1h 32m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Mel Brooks
Overview
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Director and cast
- Mel Brooks Director
- 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
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