History of the World: Part I

"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.

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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

Rudy De Luca

Prehistoric Man / Captain Mucus - The Roman Empire

Leigh French

Prehistoric Woman

Richard Karron

Prehistoric Man

Susette Carroll

Prehistoric Man

Sammy Shore

Prehistoric Man

J.J. Barry

Prehistoric Man

Earl Finn

Prehistoric Man / Disciple - The Roman Empire

Suzanne Kent

Prehistoric Man

Michael Champion

Prehistoric Man

Howard Morris

Court Spokesman - The Roman Empire

Charlie Callas

Soothsayer - The Roman Empire

Dena Dietrich

Competence - The Roman Empire

Paul Mazursky

Roman Officer - The Roman Empire

Jack Riley

Stoned Soldier #2 - The Roman Empire

Art Metrano

Leonardo DaVinci - The Roman Empire

Diane Day

Caladonia - The Roman Empire

Henny Youngman

Chemist - The Roman Empire

Hunter von Leer

Lt. Bob - The Roman Empire

Fritz Feld

Maitre 'D - The Roman Empire

Hugh Hefner

Entrepreneur - The Roman Empire

Pat McCormick

Plumbing Salesman - The Roman Empire

Barry Levinson

Column Salesman - The Roman Empire

Johnny Silver

Small Liar - The Roman Empire

John Hurt

Jesus - The Roman Empire

Jeana Keough

Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire (as Jeana Tomasino)

Heidi Sorenson

Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire

Lori Sutton

Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire

Jackie Mason

Jew #1 - The Spanish Inquisition

Phil Leeds

Chief Monk - The Spanish Inquisition

Jack Carter

Rat Vendor - The French Revolution

Spike Milligan

Monsieur Rimbaud - The French Revolution

John Hillerman

Rich Man - The French Revolution

Sydney Lassick

Applecore Vendor - The French Revolution (as Sidney Lassick)

Fiona Richmond

Queen - The French Revolution

Nigel Hawthorne

Citizen Official - The French Revolution

Bea Arthur

Dole office clerk (uncredited)

Cleo Rocos

French Girl (uncredited)

Ron Clark

Stoned Soldier #1 - The Roman Empire

Andréas Voutsinas

Bearnaise

Lisa Welch

Vestal Virgin - The Roman Empire

Carl Reiner

Voice of God speaking to Moses

Jane Feinberg

Casting

Harold Michelson

Production Design

John C. Howard

Editor

Mel Brooks

Director

Woody Omens

Director of Photography

Stuart Cornfeld

Producer

Mike Fenton

Casting

John Morris

Original Music Composer

Mel Brooks

Screenplay

Joel Chernoff

Producer

Mel Brooks

Producer

Alan Johnson

Producer

Robert Norin

Makeup Artist

Gustaf Norin

Makeup Artist

Brian W. Cook

Assistant Director

Steve Cantamessa

Sound

Gary Combs

Stunt Coordinator

Philip Romano

Stunts

Ted White

Stunts

Alexander De Grunwald

Production Manager

Jerry Ziesmer

Assistant Director

Robert R. Rutledge

Supervising Sound Editor

Ray Bickel

Stunts

Raul A. Bruce

Boom Operator

Cha Cha Sandoval-McMahon

Stunts

Jill Carpenter

Makeup Artist

Michael Stevenson

Assistant Director

James M. Halty

Stunts

Gary A. Hecker

Foley Artist

Samuel C. Crutcher

Sound Effects Editor

Albert Whitlock

Visual Effects

Dick Durock

Stunts

Scott A. Hecker

Sound Editor

Patricia Norris

Costume Design

Sandy Berman

Sound Designer

Bill Hedge

Visual Effects

George Lane Cooper

Stunts

Paula Gillespie

Hairdresser

Mitchell Bock

Second Assistant Director

Antony Mondello

Set Decoration

Eric Allwright

Makeup Artist

Phil Cory

Special Effects

Michael Sale

Sound Mixer

Edward Chiodo

Visual Effects

Phil Adams

Stunts

Vera Mitchell

Hairdresser

Ralph S. Singleton

Production Manager

Ken Tuohy

Second Assistant Director

Gilbert B. Combs

Stunts

Jack Tyree

Stunts

Carol Ann DiGiuseppe

Assistant Editor

Danford B. Greene

Additional Editor

George A. Martin

Assistant Editor

Norman Newberry

Art Direction

Vivian McAteer

Hairstylist

Gene S. Cantamessa

Production Sound Mixer

Tex Rudloff

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Richard L. Hill

Special Effects

William Hobbs

Stunt Coordinator

Stephen Lovejoy

Assistant Editor

Les Fresholtz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Arthur Piantadosi

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Desiree Ayres

Stunts

Gary Combs

Stunts

Charles Chiodo

Visual Effects

Stephen Chiodo

Visual Effects

Sandi Gross

Stunts

William Hobbs

Stunts