History of the World: Part I (1981)
Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!
- Released
- Runtime 1h 32m
- Director Mel Brooks
- Genres Comedy
- Rating 6.8/10 (946 votes)
Synopsis
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Cast
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Mel Brooks
as Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
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Dom DeLuise
as Emperor Nero
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Madeline Kahn
as Empress Nympho
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Harvey Korman
as Count de Monet
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Cloris Leachman
as Madame Defarge
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Ron Carey
as Swiftus
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Gregory Hines
as Josephus
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Pamela Stephenson
as Mademoiselle Rimbaud
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Shecky Greene
as Marcus Vindictus
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Sid Caesar
as Chief Caveman
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Mary-Margaret Humes
as Miriam
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Orson Welles
as Narrator (voice)
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Rudy De Luca
as Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire
- Leigh French as Prehistoric Woman
- Richard Karron as Prehistoric Man
- Susette Carroll as Prehistoric Man
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Sammy Shore
as Prehistoric Man
- J.J. Barry as Prehistoric Man
Crew
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Mel Brooks
Director
- Woody Omens Director of Photography
- John C. Howard Editor
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John Morris
Original Music Composer
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Mel Brooks
Producer
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Mel Brooks
Screenplay
