History of the World: Part I
Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!
Comedymosesroman empireinquisitionfrench revolutionmusicalstone agesatireanthologyprehistorycavemen18th centurylouis xvi
A raucous, irreverent sketch-comedy romp through history that prioritizes absurdist humor and spectacle over coherence or sentiment.
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Essence
Ensemble
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
Gregory Hines
Josephus
Pamela Stephenson
Mademoiselle Rimbaud
Shecky Greene
Marcus Vindictus
Sid Caesar
Chief Caveman
Mary-Margaret Humes
Miriam
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
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