The read
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes62%
Metacritic47/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
949 audience votes
Key crew
- Mel BrooksScreenplay
- Mel BrooksDirector
- John MorrisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mel BrooksMoses / Comicus / Torquemada / Jacques / King Louis XVI
- Dom DeLuiseEmperor Nero
- Madeline KahnEmpress Nympho
- Harvey KormanCount de Monet
- Cloris LeachmanMadame Defarge
- Ron CareySwiftus
- Gregory HinesJosephus
- Pamela StephensonMademoiselle Rimbaud
- Shecky GreeneMarcus Vindictus
- Sid CaesarChief Caveman
- Mary-Margaret HumesMiriam
- Orson WellesNarrator (voice)
Stills
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Themes
mosesroman empireinquisitionfrench revolutionmusicalstone agesatireanthologyprehistorycavemen18th centurylouis xvi