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History of the World: Part I (1981) — Ligoscope

History of the World: Part I

Film · 1981

History of the World: Part I

92 min · Directed by Mel Brooks · R

6.8923
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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.

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)

Rudy De Luca

Rudy De Luca

Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire

Leigh French

Prehistoric Woman

Richard Karron

Prehistoric Man

Susette Carroll

Prehistoric Man

Sammy Shore

Sammy Shore

Prehistoric Man

J.J. Barry

Prehistoric Man

Earl Finn

Prehistoric Man / Disciple - The Roman Empire

Suzanne Kent

Suzanne Kent

Prehistoric Man

Michael Champion

Michael Champion

Prehistoric Man

Howard Morris

Howard Morris

Court Spokesman - The Roman Empire

Charlie Callas

Charlie Callas

Soothsayer - The Roman Empire

Dena Dietrich

Dena Dietrich

Competence - The Roman Empire

Crew

Director: Mel Brooks
Producer: Mel Brooks, Joel Chernoff
Writer: Mel Brooks
Casting: Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton, Maggie Cartier
Editor: John C. Howard
Cinematography: Woody Omens
Production Design: Harold Michelson, Stuart Craig
Art Direction: Norman Newberry, Robert Cartwright
Composer: John Morris
Sound: Les Fresholtz, Sandy Berman, Arthur Piantadosi, Robert R. Rutledge, Steve Cantamessa, Tex Rudloff
Costume: Patricia Norris
Makeup: Eric Allwright, Jill Carpenter, Robert Norin, Gustaf Norin
Stunts: Gary Combs, William Hobbs

Details

Studios: Brooksfilms, 20th Century Fox
Countries: United States of America
Languages: French, Latin, English
Certification: R
Release: June 12, 1981

Themes

mosesroman empireinquisitionfrench revolutionmusicalstone agesatireanthologyprehistorycavemen18th centurylouis xvi

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