History of the World: Part I (1981)

06/12/1981 1h 32m

Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!

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Overview

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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Cast Ages at Release

Mel Brooks

as Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI

Born 06/28/1926, age

Dom DeLuise

as Emperor Nero

Born 08/01/1933

Died 05/04/2009, age

Madeline Kahn

as Empress Nympho

Born 09/29/1942

Died 12/03/1999, age

Harvey Korman

as Count de Monet

Born 02/15/1927

Died 05/29/2008, age

Cloris Leachman

as Madame Defarge

Born 04/30/1926

Died 01/26/2021, age

Ron Carey

as Swiftus

Born 12/11/1935

Died 01/16/2007, age

Gregory Hines

as Josephus

Born 02/14/1946

Died 08/09/2003, age

Pamela Stephenson

as Mademoiselle Rimbaud

Born 12/04/1949, age

Sid Caesar

as Chief Caveman

Born 09/08/1922

Died 02/12/2014, age

Orson Welles

as Narrator

Born 05/06/1915

Died 10/10/1985, age

Paul Mazursky

as Roman Officer - The Roman Empire

Born 04/25/1930

Died 06/30/2014, age

Art Metrano

as Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire

Born 09/22/1936

Died 09/08/2021, age

Hugh Hefner

as Entrepreneur - The Roman Empire

Born 04/09/1926

Died 09/27/2017, age

Pat McCormick

as Plumbing Salesman - The Roman Empire

Born 06/30/1927

Died 07/29/2005, age

Barry Levinson

as Column Salesman - The Roman Empire

Born 04/06/1942, age

John Hurt

as Jesus - The Roman Empire

Born 01/22/1940

Died 01/25/2017, age

Phil Leeds

as Chief Monk - The Spanish Inquisition

Born 04/06/1916

Died 08/16/1998, age

John Hillerman

as Rich Man - The French Revolution

Born 12/20/1932

Died 11/09/2017, age

Nigel Hawthorne

as Citizen Official - The French Revolution

Born 04/05/1929

Died 12/26/2001, age

Bea Arthur

as Dole office clerk (uncredited)

Born 05/13/1922

Died 04/25/2009, age

Carl Reiner

as Voice of God speaking to Moses

Born 03/20/1922

Died 06/29/2020, age