History of the World: Part I (1981)
Genre: Comedy / History
Duration: 92 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Stars: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise and Madeline Kahn
IMDb score:
6,8 (59.749)
Releasedate: 12 June 1981
History of the World: Part I plot
"Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!"
A number of skits poke fun at different periods of human history, such as the Cavemen's Age, the Roman Age, and the French Revolution.
Actors and actresses
Moses/Comicus/Torquemada/Jacques/King Louis XVI
Emperor Nero
Empress Nympho
Count de Monet
Madame Defarge
Swiftus
Josephus
Mademoiselle Rimbaud
Marcus Vindictus
Chief Caveman
Reviews & comments
Duke Nukem
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- 1837 messages
- 2030 votes
Although some of the jokes were less, I still had a good time with this comedy. Madeline Kahn was superb as always. The best parts were the part about the French Revolution and the part about the Last Supper.
Comic: "Alright, alright... Jesus!"
Jesus: "Yes?"
Comic: "What?"
Jesus: "What?"
Comic: "What?"
Jesus: "Yes?"
Comic: "Jesus!"
Jesus: "What?"
Comic: "Yes?"
Jesus: "What?"
Comic: "No, YOU said what!"
Jesus: "What?" 
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jono
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- 345 messages
- 4146 votes
In History of the World: Part I, various time periods are ridiculed. The film begins in the time of the cavemen, followed by the Roman Empire, the Spanish Inquisition and finally the French Revolution. The plot doesn't make sense: it's pointless bullshit for an hour and a half. Every now and then it even becomes too banal for words. There are only a handful of jokes that bring a smile, but overall it's all very bland. It may have been all very funny at the time, but this clearly didn't stand the test of time.
Incidentally, the film ends with a hilarious teaser of History of the World: Part II, which was never to come. And that's actually the film's most successful joke. 2.5*
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Perry Meer
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- 282 messages
- 375 votes
Haha what a fun movie and that was it even then.
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