Plot
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Cast
Mel Brooks
Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
Dom DeLuise
Emperor Nero
Madeline Kahn
Empress Nympho
Harvey Korman
Count de Monet
Cloris Leachman
Madame Defarge
Ron Carey
Swiftus
Gregory Hines
Josephus
Pamela Stephenson
Mademoiselle Rimbaud
Shecky Greene
Marcus Vindictus
Sid Caesar
Chief Caveman
Mary-Margaret Humes
Miriam
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
Crew
Mel Brooks
Director
Woody Omens
Director of Photography
John Morris
Original Music Composer
Mel Brooks
Screenplay
Mel Brooks
Producer
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