History of The World: Part 1 (1981)

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Written by Mel Brooks

Directed by Mel Brooks

Also known as "Mel Brooks' History of the World: Part 1"

Running Time: 92 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1981

Rating: 15 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

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

Cast

Image for Mel BrooksMel BrooksMoses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
Image for Dom DeLuiseDom DeLuiseEmperor Nero
Madeline KahnEmpress Nympho
Harvey KormanCount de Monet
Image for Cloris LeachmanCloris LeachmanMadame Defarge
Ron CareySwiftus
Gregory HinesJosephus
Pamela StephensonMademoiselle Rimbaud
Shecky GreeneMarcus Vindictus
Sid CaesarChief Caveman
Mary-Margaret HumesMiriam
Orson WellesNarrator
Rudy de LucaPrehistoric Man / Cap. Mucus - The Roman Empire
Leigh FrenchPrehistoric Man
Richard KarronPrehistoric Man

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