History of the World: Part I

Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!

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Comedy

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Released: Jun 12, 1981

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Mel Brooks

Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI

Dom DeLuise

Emperor Nero

Madeline Kahn

Empress Nympho

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