History of the World: Part I
1981/06/12 (US) | Comedy
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.
Mel Brooks
Director
Mel Brooks
Screenplay
Lead 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
Budget
$ 11,000,000
Revenue
$ 31,672,907
Status
Released
Production Company
- Brooksfilms
- 20th Century Fox
Crews
Jane Feinberg
Casting
Harold Michelson
Production Design
John C. Howard
Editor
Woody Omens
Director of Photography
Stuart Cornfeld
Producer
Mike Fenton
Casting
John Morris
Original Music Composer