Mel Brooks
Moses/Comicus/Torquemada/Jacques/King Louis XVI
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Jun 12, 1981 · History of the World: Part I: Directed by Mel Brooks. With Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman. Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes.
- (55K)
- Comedy, History, Musical
- Mel Brooks
- 1981-06-12
History of the World, Part I is a 1981 American comedy film written, produced, and directed by Mel Brooks. Brooks also stars in the film, playing five roles: Moses, Comicus the stand-up philosopher, Tomás de Torquemada, King Louis XVI, and Jacques, le garçon de pisse.
Mel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes. From the dawn of man to the distant future, mankind's evolution (or lack thereof) is traced.
Human history is traced through a series of vignettes, beginning with cavemen awestruck by their own magnificence. Then Moses (Mel Brooks) receives the tablets containing the "15" commandments ...
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- Mel Brooks
- R
- Mel Brooks
Jumping ahead, the Spanish Inquisition softens repression with song and dance, and a few centuries later Madame Defarge (Cloris Leachman) is fomenting revolution in France. Comedy 1981 1 hr 33 min. 63%. 14+. R. Starring Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn. Director Mel Brooks.
- Mel Brooks
- Mel Brooks, Dom Deluise, Madeline Kahn
Travel from a crazy spoof of 2001 to the Roman Empire, where Brooks plays a stand-up philosopher in Caesar's Palace, to the French Revolution, where Brooks is King Louis XVI, and the...
Acclaimed funnyman Mel Brooks presents an outrageous overview of history – from a hilarious send-up of 2001 to the Roman Empire, the French Revolution, and the Spanish Inquisition!
