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History of the World-Part One


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Mel Brooks as Moses/Comicus/Torquemada/Jacques/Louis XVI
Dom DeLuise as Emperor Nero
Madeline Kahn as Empress Nympho
Harvey Korman as Count de Monet
Gregory Hines as Josephus
Director is Mel Brooks

Comedy-Five pieces of time (narrated by Orson Welles) are shown through the eyes of Brook's eyes-cavemen, Biblical time, the Roman era, the Spanish Inquisition, and the French Revolution.

7/10-Very funny. Some of the "skits" fell flat, though (French Revolution). The best one was the song-and-dance version of the Spanish Inquisition. The Roman era was too long, while the Biblical time was too short.
Rated R for innuendo.