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.
Genres
Comedy
Studio
Brooksfilms
Language
en
Status
Released
How History of the World: Part I performed
Budget
$10.0M
Worldwide Gross
$31.7M
Gross Profit
$21.7M
Return
3.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (32% of the domestic run, typical for Comedy) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
Mel Brooks
Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
Emperor Nero
Dom DeLuise
Emperor Nero
Empress Nympho
Madeline Kahn
Empress Nympho
Count de Monet
Harvey Korman
Count de Monet
Madame Defarge
Cloris Leachman
Madame Defarge
Swiftus
Ron Carey
Swiftus
Josephus
Gregory Hines
Josephus
Mademoiselle Rimbaud
Pamela Stephenson
Mademoiselle Rimbaud
Marcus Vindictus
Shecky Greene
Marcus Vindictus
Chief Caveman
Sid Caesar
Chief Caveman
Miriam
Mary-Margaret Humes
Miriam
Narrator (voice)
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
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