History of the World: Part I

1981•92 min•Dir. Mel Brooks

6.8

Comedy

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

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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Mel Brooks as Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVIDom DeLuise as Emperor NeroMadeline Kahn as Empress NymphoHarvey Korman as Count de MonetCloris Leachman as Madame DefargeRon Carey as SwiftusGregory Hines as JosephusPamela Stephenson as Mademoiselle RimbaudShecky Greene as Marcus VindictusSid Caesar as Chief CavemanMary-Margaret Humes as MiriamOrson Welles as Narrator (voice)Rudy De Luca as Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman EmpireLeigh French as Prehistoric WomanRichard Karron as Prehistoric ManSusette Carroll as Prehistoric ManSammy Shore as Prehistoric ManJ.J. Barry as Prehistoric ManEarl Finn as Prehistoric Man / Disciple - The Roman EmpireSuzanne Kent as Prehistoric ManMichael Champion as Prehistoric ManHoward Morris as Court Spokesman - The Roman EmpireCharlie Callas as Soothsayer - The Roman EmpireDena Dietrich as Competence - The Roman EmpirePaul Mazursky as Roman Officer - The Roman EmpireRon Clark as Stoned Soldier #1 - The Roman EmpireJack Riley as Stoned Soldier #2 - The Roman EmpireArt Metrano as Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman EmpireDiane Day as Caladonia - The Roman EmpireHenny Youngman as Chemist - The Roman EmpireHunter von Leer as Lt. Bob - The Roman EmpireFritz Feld as Maitre 'D - The Roman EmpireHugh Hefner as Entrepreneur - The Roman EmpirePat McCormick as Plumbing Salesman - The Roman EmpireBarry Levinson as Column Salesman - The Roman EmpireSid Gould as Barber-Bloodletter - The Roman EmpireRonny Graham as Oedipus - The Roman Empire / Jew #2 - The Spanish InquisitionJim Steck as Gladiator - The Roman EmpireJohn Myhers as Leader of Senate - The Roman EmpireLee Delano as Wagon Driver - The Roman EmpireRobert Goldberg as Senator #1 - The Roman EmpireAlan U. Schwartz as Senator #2 - The Roman EmpireJay Burton as Senator #3 - The Roman EmpireIra Miller as Roman Citizen - The Roman EmpireJohnny Silver as Small Liar - The Roman EmpireCharles Thomas Murphy as Auctioneer - The Roman EmpireRod Haase as Roman Officer - The Roman EmpireEileen Saki as Slave - The Roman EmpireJohn Hurt as Jesus - The Roman EmpireHenry Kaiser as Disciple - The Roman EmpireZale Kessler as Disciple - The Roman EmpireAnthony J. Messina as Disciple - The Roman EmpireHoward Mann as Disciple - The Roman EmpireSandy Helberg as Disciple - The Roman EmpireMitchell Bock as Disciple - The Roman EmpireMolly Basler as Game Show Girl - The Roman EmpireDeborah Dawes as Game Show Girl - The Roman EmpireChristine Dickinson as Game Show Girl - The Roman EmpireLisa Sohm as Vestal Virgin - The Roman EmpireMichele Drake as Vestal Virgin - The Roman EmpireJeana Keough as Vestal Virgin - The Roman EmpireLisa Welch as Vestal Virgin - The Roman EmpireJanis Schmitt as Vestal Virgin - The Roman EmpireHeidi Sorenson as Vestal Virgin - The Roman EmpireLori Sutton as Vestal Virgin - The Roman EmpireLou Mulford as Vestal Virgin - The Roman EmpireJackie Mason as Jew #1 - The Spanish InquisitionPhil Leeds as Chief Monk - The Spanish InquisitionJack Carter as Rat Vendor - The French RevolutionJan Murray as Nothing Vendor - The French RevolutionAndréas Voutsinas as Bearnaise - The French RevolutionSpike Milligan as Monsieur Rimbaud - The French RevolutionJohn Hillerman as Rich Man - The French RevolutionSydney Lassick as Applecore Vendor - The French RevolutionJonathan Cecil as Poppinjay - The French RevolutionAndrew Sachs as Gerard - The French RevolutionFiona Richmond as Queen - The French RevolutionNigel Hawthorne as Citizen Official - The French RevolutionBella Emberg as Baguette - The French RevolutionGeoffrey Larder as Footman - The French RevolutionGeorge Lane Cooper as Executioner - The French RevolutionStephanie Marrian as Lady Marie - The French RevolutionRoyce Mills as Duke D'Honnefleur - The French RevolutionMike Cottrell as Tartuffe - The French RevolutionGerald Staddon as Le Fevre - The French RevolutionJohn Ghavan as Marche - The French RevolutionRusty Goffe as Le Muff - The French RevolutionScott Henderson as Coming AttractionsMichael Miller as Coming AttractionsRoyce D. Applegate as Coming AttractionsPhil Adams as Jew (uncredited)Bea Arthur as Dole office clerk (uncredited)Cindy Ashley as Swimmer (uncredited)Benjie Bancroft as Roman (uncredited)Sean Barry-Weske as Insolent Flunky (uncredited)Ray Bickel as Jew (uncredited)Russell Brook as Peasant (uncredited)Ava Cadell as Bit Part (uncredited)David Chavez as Torturer (uncredited)Gilbert B. Combs as Jew (uncredited)Dick Durock as Roman Guard (uncredited)Harry Fielder as Prison Guard (uncredited)Sandra Gray as Nun / Synchronized Swimmer Dancer (uncredited)Sandy Gray as Swimmer (uncredited)Raven Grey Eagle as Minor Role (uncredited)Sandi Gross as Swimmer (uncredited)Edward J. Heim as Torturer (uncredited)Walter Henry as King Louis XVI's Servant (uncredited)Lars Hensen as Roman (uncredited)Stan Mazin as Dancer (uncredited)Denise McKenna as Nun (uncredited)Dennon Rawles as Torturer (uncredited)Carl Reiner as Voice of God speaking to Moses (uncredited)Cleo Rocos as French Girl (uncredited)Philip Romano as Jew (uncredited)Peter Ross-Murray as French Revolutionary (uncredited)Dom Salinaro as Dancer (uncredited)Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon as Swimmer (uncredited)Ted Sprague as Dancer (uncredited)Judy Susman as Swimmer (uncredited)Jack Tyree as Jew (uncredited)Ted White as Roman Officer (uncredited)Albert Whitlock as Used Chariot Salesman (uncredited)Tom Willett as Roman Senator (uncredited)Fred Wood as Revolutionary Peasant (uncredited)Sheb Wooley as Screaming Peasants (archive sound) (uncredited)