Visible crew/equipment: When Comicus and his entourage are on the road to Judea, the tire tracks of the vehicle carrying the camera are blatantly clear in the lower part of the picture.
History of the World: Part I (1981)
1 visible crew/equipment mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Gregory Hines, Harvey Korman
Revealing mistake: When Comicus et al are running from the Roman soldiers, Miriam pulls Comicus through a secret marble door. When it closes, you can see the glue residue revealing that it's Formica.
More quotes from History of the World: Part I
Trivia: The Viking funeral gag was a Jewish in-joke, based on the libelous old myth that Jews had horns. (Making light of anti-Semitism has long been one of Mel Brooks' trademarks.)
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