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The Producers

The Producers

Hollywood Never Faced a Zanier Zero Hour!

19687.11h 29m

Overview

A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.

Directed by Mel Brooks
Written by Herbert Hartig, Mel Brooks
Produced by Sidney Glazier
Box OfficeBudget: $947K0

Top Cast

Zero Mostel

Zero Mostel

Max Bialystock

Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder

Leo Bloom

Dick Shawn

Dick Shawn

Lorenzo St. DuBois (L.S.D.)

Kenneth Mars

Kenneth Mars

Franz Liebkind

Estelle Winwood

Estelle Winwood

"Hold Me Touch Me"

Christopher Hewett

Christopher Hewett

Roger De Bris

Andréas Voutsinas

Andréas Voutsinas

Carmen Ghia

Lee Meredith

Lee Meredith

Ulla

Renée Taylor

Renée Taylor

Eva Braun

Michael Davis

Michael Davis

Production Tenor

Themes & Keywords

nazicheatingdark comedymusicalsatirescamtheatrical producerplaywrightsing singbroadwayaccountantadolf hitler

About The Producers

The Producers is a comedy film released in 1968 exploring themes of nazi, cheating, dark comedy, musical, satire, scam. Directed by Mel Brooks, it stars Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn. A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.

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