The Producers (1968)
Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many times over the actual cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.
- Mel Brooks
- Michael Hertzberg
- Martin Danzig
- Betty Todd
- Herbert Hartig
- Mel Brooks
- Mel Brooks
Rating: 7.1/10 by 766 users
Alternative Title:
Det våras för Hitler - SE
Forår for Hitler - DK
Les producteurs - FR
Kevät koittaa Hitlerille - FI
Total verrückter Broadway - DE
Primavera para Hitler - BR
프로듀서 - KR
O Falhado Amoroso - PT
Country:
United States of America
Language:
Deutsch
English
Runtime: 01 hour 28 minutes
Budget: $947,000
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: nazi, cheating, dark comedy, musical, satire, scam, theatrical producer, playwright, sing sing, broadway, accountant, adolf hitler
**Greatest of all Time - GOAT - Best comedies.** Easily my number one. This film can be rewatched over and over again - always just as hilarious and timeless.
THE PRODUCERS (1967) - Mel Brooks' first feature film starts with the funniest opening credits sequence I've ever seen - a monetarily motivated rendezvous between a serial Broadway failure and a sexually insatiable octogenarian - and then proceeds to get even more hilarious as it progresses. The fabulous Zero Mostel somehow manages to chew scenery for breakfast, lunch and dinner while never overshadowing any of the other players (whose performances are all also appropriately broad, to be honest). Interestingly, were it not for a little known film by the name of THE GRADUATE (1967) casting while this film was going into production, we would have had Dustin Hoffman as the starry-eyed Nazi playwright. So Dustin went on to fame in another picture; Kenneth Mars ended up with a juicy role in just his second feature film; and Mel got to skewer the Third Reich and win an Academy Award for writing while doing it. Sometimes things just work out.
