History of the World: Part I
Mel Brooks1981-06-12
Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!
6.8
92 min
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Mel Brooks | Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI | Unowned |
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Dom DeLuise | Emperor Nero | Unowned |
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Madeline Kahn | Empress Nympho | Unowned |
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Harvey Korman | Count de Monet | Unowned |
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Cloris Leachman | Madame Defarge | Unowned |
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Ron Carey | Swiftus | Unowned |
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Gregory Hines | Josephus | Unowned |
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Pamela Stephenson | Mademoiselle Rimbaud | Unowned |
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Shecky Greene | Marcus Vindictus | Unowned |
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Sid Caesar | Chief Caveman | Unowned |
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Mary-Margaret Humes | Miriam | Unowned |
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Orson Welles | Narrator | Unowned |
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Rudy De Luca | Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Leigh French | Prehistoric Woman | Unowned |
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Richard Karron | Prehistoric Man | Unowned |
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Susette Carroll | Prehistoric Man | Unowned |
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Sammy Shore | Prehistoric Man | Unowned |
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J.J. Barry | Prehistoric Man | Unowned |
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Earl Finn | Prehistoric Man / Disciple - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Suzanne Kent | Prehistoric Man | Unowned |
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Michael Champion | Prehistoric Man | Unowned |
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Howard Morris | Court Spokesman - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Charlie Callas | Soothsayer - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Dena Dietrich | Competence - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Paul Mazursky | Roman Officer - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Jack Riley | Stoned Soldier #2 - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Art Metrano | Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Diane Day | Caladonia - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Henny Youngman | Chemist - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Hunter von Leer | Lt. Bob - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Fritz Feld | Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Hugh Hefner | Entrepreneur - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Pat McCormick | Plumbing Salesman - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Barry Levinson | Column Salesman - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Johnny Silver | Small Liar - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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John Hurt | Jesus - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Jeana Keough | Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire (as Jeana Tomasino) | Unowned |
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Heidi Sorenson | Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Lori Sutton | Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Jackie Mason | Jew #1 - The Spanish Inquisition | Unowned |
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Phil Leeds | Chief Monk - The Spanish Inquisition | Unowned |
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Jack Carter | Rat Vendor - The French Revolution | Unowned |
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Spike Milligan | Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution | Unowned |
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John Hillerman | Rich Man - The French Revolution | Unowned |
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Sydney Lassick | Applecore Vendor - The French Revolution (as Sidney Lassick) | Unowned |
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Fiona Richmond | Queen - The French Revolution | Unowned |
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Nigel Hawthorne | Citizen Official - The French Revolution | Unowned |
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Bea Arthur | Dole office clerk (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Cleo Rocos | French Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Ron Clark | Stoned Soldier #1 - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Andréas Voutsinas | Bearnaise | Unowned |
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Lisa Welch | Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire | Unowned |
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Carl Reiner | Voice of God speaking to Moses | Unowned |