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History of the World: Part I
1981R1h 32m6.8 / 10
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.
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Synopsis
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
More about History of the World: Part I
Cast
Mel BrooksMoses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
Dom DeLuiseEmperor Nero
Madeline KahnEmpress Nympho
Harvey KormanCount de Monet
Cloris LeachmanMadame Defarge
Ron CareySwiftus
Gregory HinesJosephus
Pamela StephensonMademoiselle RimbaudCredits
- Directed by
- Mel Brooks
- Written by
- Mel Brooks
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $31.7M
Production
- BrooksfilmsUnited States
20th Century FoxUnited States
Themes
15th century18th centuryanthologycavemenfrench revolutioninquisitionlouis xvimoses
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