History of the World: Part I (1981)

1h 32min | Comedy | Jun 12, 1981 | Released

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Director: Mel Brooks

Producer: Mel Brooks Stuart Cornfeld Joel Chernoff Alan Johnson

Writer(s): Mel Brooks

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Cast (50 Members)

Orson Welles

Narrator

Michael Champion

Prehistoric Man

Phil Leeds

Chief Monk - The Spanish Inquisition

John Hurt

Jesus - The Roman Empire

Dom DeLuise

Emperor Nero

Sydney Lassick

Applecore Vendor - The French Revolution (as Sidney Lassick)

Barry Levinson

Column Salesman - The Roman Empire

Sid Caesar

Chief Caveman

Cloris Leachman

Madame Defarge

John Hillerman

Rich Man - The French Revolution

Harvey Korman

Count de Monet

Fritz Feld

Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire

Mel Brooks

Moses/Comicus/Torquemada/Jacques/King Louis XVI

Art Metrano

Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire

Nigel Hawthorne

Citizen Official - The French Revolution

Shecky Greene

Marcus Vindictus

Howard Morris

Court Spokesman - The Roman Empire

Spike Milligan

Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution

Madeline Kahn

Empress Nympho

Hugh Hefner

Entrepreneur - The Roman Empire

Jack Carter

Rat Vendor - The French Revolution

Johnny Silver

Small Liar - The Roman Empire

Pamela Stephenson

Mademoiselle Rimbaud

Dena Dietrich

Competence - The Roman Empire

Pat McCormick

Plumbing Salesman - The Roman Empire

Paul Mazursky

Roman Officer - The Roman Empire

Ron Clark

Stoned Soldier #1 - The Roman Empire

Jack Riley

Stoned Soldier #2 - The Roman Empire

Gregory Hines

Josephus

Rudy De Luca

Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire

Mary-Margaret Humes

Miriam

Ron Carey

Swiftus

Bea Arthur

Dole office clerk (uncredited)

Jackie Mason

Jew #1 - The Spanish Inquisition

Henny Youngman

Chemist - The Roman Empire

Lori Sutton

Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire

Richard Karron

Prehistoric Man

Hunter von Leer

Lt. Bob - The Roman Empire

Suzanne Kent

Prehistoric Man

Earl Finn

Prehistoric Man / Disciple - The Roman Empire

J.J. Barry

Prehistoric Man

Sammy Shore

Prehistoric Man

Charlie Callas

Soothsayer - The Roman Empire

Leigh French

Prehistoric Woman

Susette Carroll

Prehistoric Man

Jeana Keough

Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire (as Jeana Tomasino)

Diane Day

Caladonia - The Roman Empire

Fiona Richmond

Queen - The French Revolution

Heidi Sorenson

Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire

Cleo Rocos

French Girl (uncredited)

Orson Welles Narrator

Michael Champion Prehistoric Man

Phil Leeds Chief Monk - The Spanish Inquisition

John Hurt Jesus - The Roman Empire

Dom DeLuise Emperor Nero

Sydney Lassick Applecore Vendor - The French Revolution (as Sidney Lassick)

Barry Levinson Column Salesman - The Roman Empire

Sid Caesar Chief Caveman

Cloris Leachman Madame Defarge

John Hillerman Rich Man - The French Revolution

Harvey Korman Count de Monet

Fritz Feld Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire

Mel Brooks Moses/Comicus/Torquemada/Jacques/King Louis XVI

Art Metrano Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire

Nigel Hawthorne Citizen Official - The French Revolution

Shecky Greene Marcus Vindictus

Howard Morris Court Spokesman - The Roman Empire

Spike Milligan Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution

Madeline Kahn Empress Nympho

Hugh Hefner Entrepreneur - The Roman Empire

Jack Carter Rat Vendor - The French Revolution

Johnny Silver Small Liar - The Roman Empire

Pamela Stephenson Mademoiselle Rimbaud

Dena Dietrich Competence - The Roman Empire

Pat McCormick Plumbing Salesman - The Roman Empire

Paul Mazursky Roman Officer - The Roman Empire

Ron Clark Stoned Soldier #1 - The Roman Empire

Jack Riley Stoned Soldier #2 - The Roman Empire

Gregory Hines Josephus

Rudy De Luca Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire

Mary-Margaret Humes Miriam

Ron Carey Swiftus

Bea Arthur Dole office clerk (uncredited)

Jackie Mason Jew #1 - The Spanish Inquisition

Henny Youngman Chemist - The Roman Empire

Lori Sutton Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire

Richard Karron Prehistoric Man

Hunter von Leer Lt. Bob - The Roman Empire

Suzanne Kent Prehistoric Man

Earl Finn Prehistoric Man / Disciple - The Roman Empire

J.J. Barry Prehistoric Man

Sammy Shore Prehistoric Man

Charlie Callas Soothsayer - The Roman Empire

Leigh French Prehistoric Woman

Susette Carroll Prehistoric Man

Jeana Keough Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire (as Jeana Tomasino)

Diane Day Caladonia - The Roman Empire

Fiona Richmond Queen - The French Revolution

Heidi Sorenson Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire

Cleo Rocos French Girl (uncredited)

Crew (11 Members)

Jane Feinberg

Casting

Mike Fenton

Casting

John Morris

Original Music Composer

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Director

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Director of Photography

Joel Chernoff

Producer

Alan Johnson

Producer

Jane Feinberg Casting

Mike Fenton Casting

John Morris Original Music Composer

Harold Michelson Production Design

Patricia Norris Costume Design

John C. Howard Editor

Mel Brooks Director

Stuart Cornfeld Producer

Woody Omens Director of Photography

Joel Chernoff Producer

Alan Johnson Producer

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History of the World: Part I (1981)

1h 32min | Comedy | Jun 12, 1981 | Released

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