History of the World: Part I
In Theaters
June 12, 1981
Runtime: 1h 32m
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
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Cast & Crew
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 Empire
Leigh French
Prehistoric Woman
- RK
Richard Karron
Prehistoric Man
- SC
Susette Carroll
Prehistoric Man
Sammy Shore
Prehistoric Man
- JB
J.J. Barry
Prehistoric Man
Mel Brooks
Director
Mel Brooks
Screenplay
Media
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