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History of the World: Part I

1981·92 min

History of the World: Part I

Directed by Mel Brooks

Comedy

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

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Moses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI

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History of the World: Part I (1981) is about an uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

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Mel Brooks directed History of the World: Part I (1981).

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