History of the World: Part I

1981·92'

Mel Brooks

Comedy

English

Letterboxd TMDB #10156

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

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 Mary-Margaret Humes Miriam Orson Welles Narrator (voice)