History of the World: Part I (1981)

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 (126)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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)

Rudy De Luca

Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire

L

Leigh French

Prehistoric Woman

R

Richard Karron

Prehistoric Man

S

Susette Carroll

Prehistoric Man

Sammy Shore

Prehistoric Man

J

J.J. Barry

Prehistoric Man

E

Earl Finn

Prehistoric Man / Disciple - The Roman Empire

Suzanne Kent

Prehistoric Man

Michael Champion

Prehistoric Man

Howard Morris

Court Spokesman - The Roman Empire

Charlie Callas

Soothsayer - The Roman Empire

Dena Dietrich

Competence - The Roman Empire

Paul Mazursky

Roman Officer - The Roman Empire

R

Ron Clark

Stoned Soldier #1 - The Roman Empire

Jack Riley

Stoned Soldier #2 - The Roman Empire

Art Metrano

Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire

D

Diane Day

Caladonia - The Roman Empire

Henny Youngman

Chemist - The Roman Empire

Hunter von Leer

Lt. Bob - The Roman Empire

Fritz Feld

Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire

Hugh Hefner

Entrepreneur - The Roman Empire

Pat McCormick

Plumbing Salesman - The Roman Empire

Barry Levinson

Column Salesman - The Roman Empire

Sid Gould

Barber-Bloodletter - The Roman Empire

Ronny Graham

Oedipus - The Roman Empire / Jew #2 - The Spanish Inquisition

J

Jim Steck

Gladiator - The Roman Empire

John Myhers

Leader of Senate - The Roman Empire

Lee Delano

Wagon Driver - The Roman Empire

R

Robert Goldberg

Senator #1 - The Roman Empire

A

Alan U. Schwartz

Senator #2 - The Roman Empire

J

Jay Burton

Senator #3 - The Roman Empire

I

Ira Miller

Roman Citizen - The Roman Empire

Johnny Silver

Small Liar - The Roman Empire

C

Charles Thomas Murphy

Auctioneer - The Roman Empire

R

Rod Haase

Roman Officer - The Roman Empire

E

Eileen Saki

Slave - The Roman Empire

John Hurt

Jesus - The Roman Empire

H

Henry Kaiser

Disciple - The Roman Empire

Z

Zale Kessler

Disciple - The Roman Empire

A

Anthony J. Messina

Disciple - The Roman Empire

H

Howard Mann

Disciple - The Roman Empire

Sandy Helberg

Disciple - The Roman Empire

M

Mitchell Bock

Disciple - The Roman Empire

M

Molly Basler

Game Show Girl - The Roman Empire

D

Deborah Dawes

Game Show Girl - The Roman Empire

C

Christine Dickinson

Game Show Girl - The Roman Empire

L

Lisa Sohm

Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire

Michele Drake

Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire

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