History of the World: Part I
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.
1981-06-12
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Cast
Director
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks as Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
Dom DeLuise as Emperor Nero
Madeline Kahn as Empress Nympho
Harvey Korman as Count de Monet
Cloris Leachman as Madame Defarge
Ron Carey as Swiftus
Gregory Hines as Josephus
Pamela Stephenson as Mademoiselle Rimbaud
Shecky Greene as Marcus Vindictus
Sid Caesar as Chief Caveman
Mary-Margaret Humes as Miriam
Orson Welles as Narrator (voice)
Rudy De Luca as Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire
Leigh French as Prehistoric Woman
Sammy Shore as Prehistoric Man
Suzanne Kent as Prehistoric Man
Michael Champion as Prehistoric Man
Howard Morris as Court Spokesman - The Roman Empire
Charlie Callas as Soothsayer - The Roman Empire
Dena Dietrich as Competence - The Roman Empire
Paul Mazursky as Roman Officer - The Roman Empire
Jack Riley as Stoned Soldier #2 - The Roman Empire
Art Metrano as Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire
Henny Youngman as Chemist - The Roman Empire
Hunter von Leer as Lt. Bob - The Roman Empire
Fritz Feld as Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire
Hugh Hefner as Entrepreneur - The Roman Empire
Pat McCormick as Plumbing Salesman - The Roman Empire
Barry Levinson as Column Salesman - The Roman Empire
Sid Gould as Barber-Bloodletter - The Roman Empire
Ronny Graham as Oedipus - The Roman Empire / Jew #2 - The Spanish Inquisition
John Myhers as Leader of Senate - The Roman Empire
Lee Delano as Wagon Driver - The Roman Empire
Johnny Silver as Small Liar - The Roman Empire
John Hurt as Jesus - The Roman Empire
Sandy Helberg as Disciple - The Roman Empire
Michele Drake as Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire
Jeana Keough as Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire
Lisa Welch as Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire
Heidi Sorenson as Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire
Lori Sutton as Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire
Lou Mulford as Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire
Jackie Mason as Jew #1 - The Spanish Inquisition
Phil Leeds as Chief Monk - The Spanish Inquisition
Jack Carter as Rat Vendor - The French Revolution
Jan Murray as Nothing Vendor - The French Revolution
Andréas Voutsinas as Bearnaise - The French Revolution
Spike Milligan as Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution
John Hillerman as Rich Man - The French Revolution
Sydney Lassick as Applecore Vendor - The French Revolution
Jonathan Cecil as Poppinjay - The French Revolution
Andrew Sachs as Gerard - The French Revolution
Fiona Richmond as Queen - The French Revolution
Nigel Hawthorne as Citizen Official - The French Revolution
Bella Emberg as Baguette - The French Revolution
Royce Mills as Duke D'Honnefleur - The French Revolution
Rusty Goffe as Le Muff - The French Revolution
Michael Miller as Coming Attractions
Royce D. Applegate as Coming Attractions
Bea Arthur as Dole office clerk (uncredited)
Ava Cadell as Bit Part (uncredited)
Gilbert B. Combs as Jew (uncredited)
Dick Durock as Roman Guard (uncredited)
Stan Mazin as Dancer (uncredited)
Carl Reiner as Voice of God speaking to Moses (uncredited)
Cleo Rocos as French Girl (uncredited)
Ted White as Roman Officer (uncredited)
Tom Willett as Roman Senator (uncredited)
Sheb Wooley as Screaming Peasants (archive sound) (uncredited)