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Comic round-up of various historical periods, complete with slapstick gags and witty wordplay.

Alternative title(s):

Mel Brooks' History of the World: Part 1

Keywords:

Comedy, Drama, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1981) (USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

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

Supporting Cast:

Gregory Hines	.... Josephus
Pamela Stephenson	.... Mademoiselle Rimbaud
Shecky Greene	.... Marcus Vindictus
Sid Caesar	.... Chief Caveman
Mary-Margaret Humes	.... Miriam
Orson Welles	.... Narrator
Rudy de Luca	.... Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire
Leigh French	.... Prehistoric Man
Richard Karron	.... Prehistoric Man

Directors:

Mel Brooks