History of the World: Part I

History of the World: Part I

1981
1h 32m
6.8

6.8/10

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

Overview

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

Status: Released

Budget: $10,000,000

Revenue: $31,672,907

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Brooksfilms 20th Century Fox
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
French Latin English

Quick Facts

Release Date June 12, 1981
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0082517

Cast

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 (voice)

Key Crew

Mel Brooks
Screenplay
Mel Brooks
Producer
Mel Brooks
Director