History of the World: Part I

History of the World: Part I (1981)

M21 January 1982 (AU)Comedy1 hour and 32 minutes
68%
User score

Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!

Description

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Mel Brooks
Director, Screenplay

Actors

Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
Dom DeLuise
Dom DeLuise
Emperor Nero
Madeline Kahn
Madeline Kahn
Empress Nympho
Harvey Korman
Harvey Korman
Count de Monet
Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman
Madame Defarge
Ron Carey
Ron Carey
Swiftus
Gregory Hines
Gregory Hines
Josephus
Pamela Stephenson
Pamela Stephenson
Mademoiselle Rimbaud
Shecky Greene
Shecky Greene
Marcus Vindictus
Sid Caesar
Sid Caesar
Chief Caveman
Mary-Margaret Humes
Mary-Margaret Humes
Miriam
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
Narrator
Rudy De Luca
Rudy De Luca
Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire
Leigh French
Leigh French
Prehistoric Woman
Richard Karron
Richard Karron
Prehistoric Man
Susette Carroll
Susette Carroll
Prehistoric Man
Sammy Shore
Sammy Shore
Prehistoric Man
J.J. Barry
J.J. Barry
Prehistoric Man
Earl Finn
Earl Finn
Prehistoric Man / Disciple - The Roman Empire
Suzanne Kent
Suzanne Kent
Prehistoric Man
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$31,672,907

Keywords
mosesroman empireinquisitionfrench revolutionmusicalstone agesatireanthologyprehistorycavemen18th centurylouis xvipeplumtimelinenero15th centuryspanish inquisition