History of the World: Part I (1981)
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
- 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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