History of the World: Part I
1981·1h 32m
6.8/ 10 (900 votes)
“Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!”
Comedy
Overview
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Trailer
Director
Mel Brooks
Writers
Mel Brooks
Where to Watch
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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
Details
Language
en
Status
Released
Budget
$10M
Box Office
$32M
