History of the World: Part I
“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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Cast
126 people
Mel Brooks
Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
Known for
Spaceballs
Robots
Dom DeLuise
Emperor Nero
Known for
All Dogs Go to Heaven
The Secret of NIMH
Madeline Kahn
Empress Nympho
Known for
Young Frankenstein
Clue
Harvey Korman
Count de Monet
Known for
Blazing Saddles
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Cloris Leachman
Madame Defarge
Known for
The Croods
The Iron Giant
Ron Carey
Swiftus
Known for
Barney Miller
High Anxiety
Gregory Hines
Josephus
Known for
Running Scared
The Cotton Club
Pamela Stephenson
Mademoiselle Rimbaud
Known for
Superman III
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Shecky Greene
Marcus Vindictus
Known for
Splash
Tony Rome
Sid Caesar
Chief Caveman
Known for
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Grease
Mary-Margaret Humes
Miriam
Known for
Dawson's Creek
Eerie, Indiana
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Citizen Kane
Touch of Evil
Mel Brooks Director · John Morris Composer Woody Omens Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $32M · Budget $10M · United States release June 12, 1981
Box office
Budget
$10,000,000
Worldwide gross
$31,672,907
Gross vs. budget
3.2×
Production
Brooksfilms
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Latin
Release dates
Greece · June 12, 1981
Theatrical
United States · June 12, 1981
Theatrical
Argentina
March 25, 1982 · Theatrical
Australia
January 21, 1982 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 7, 1982 · Theatrical
Denmark
October 9, 1981 · Theatrical
Finland
November 13, 1981 · Theatrical
France
February 3, 1982 · Theatrical
Germany
February 11, 1982 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 13, 1981 · Theatrical
Italy
December 24, 1981 · Theatrical
Japan
January 14, 1984 · Theatrical
Mexico
July 30, 1982 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 29, 1981 · Theatrical
Norway
November 6, 1981 · Theatrical
Philippines
July 5, 1983 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 25, 1982 · Theatrical
Spain
December 17, 1981 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 2, 1981 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 8, 1981 · Theatrical · Originally AA
Uruguay
August 19, 1983 · Theatrical
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