The Producers
Hollywood Never Faced a Zanier Zero Hour!
1968 | 88m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Mel Brooks |
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| Writer: | Mel Brooks |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 18, 1968 |
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| Director: | Mel Brooks |
| Writer: | Mel Brooks |
| Genres: | Comedy, Music |
| Keywords | cheating, nazi, musical, satire, dark comedy, theatrical producer, playwright, scam, sing sing, broadway, accountant, adolf hitler |
| Production Companies | Crossbow Productions, Springtime Productions, U-M Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $947,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Zero Mostel | Max Bialystock |
| Gene Wilder | Leo Bloom |
| Dick Shawn | Lorenzo St. DuBois (L.S.D.) |
| Kenneth Mars | Franz Liebkind |
| Estelle Winwood | "Hold Me Touch Me" |
| Christopher Hewett | Roger De Bris |
| Andréas Voutsinas | Carmen Ghia |
| Lee Meredith | Ulla |
| Renée Taylor | Eva Braun |
| Michael Davis | Production Tenor |
| John Zoller | Drama Critic |
| Madlyn Cates | Concierge |
| Frank Campanella | The Bartender |
| Arthur Rubin | Auditioning Hitler |
| Zale Kessler | Jason Green |
| Bernie Allen | Auditioning Hitler |
| Rusty Blitz | Auditioning Hitler |
| Anthony Gardell | Auditioning Hitler |
| Mary Love | Lady |
| Amelie Barleon | Lady |
| Nell Harrison | Lady |
| Elsie Kirk | Lady |
| Anne Ives | Lady |
| Barney Martin | Göring |
| David Patch | Goebbels |
| Diana Eden | Showgirl |
| Tucker Smith | Lead Dancer |
| David Evans | Lead Dancer |
| Josip Elic | Violinist |
| Shimen Ruskin | The Landlord |
| William Hickey | The Drunk |
| Brutus Peck | Hot Dog Vendor |
| Mel Brooks | Singer in "Springtime for Hitler" (voice) (uncredited) |
| Bill Macy | Jury Foreman (uncredited) |
| Linda Gillen | Sax Player (uncredited) |
| Robert Paget | Auditioning Hitler (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Mel Brooks | Songs, Writer, Director, Lyricist |
| John Morris | Conductor, Original Music Composer |
| Norman Blagman | Songs |
| Irving Buchman | Makeup Artist |
| Elinor Bunin | Title Designer |
| Louis A. Stroller | Unit Manager |
| Martin Danzig | Second Assistant Director |
| Edward R. Brown | Camera Operator |
| Edward Engels | Grip |
| Eli Aharoni | Carpenter |
| Joseph F. Coffey | Director of Photography |
| Herbert Hartig | Lyricist |
| Michael Hertzberg | Assistant Director |
| Felix Giglio | Music Supervisor |
| Robert Porter | Production Supervisor |
| Connie Schoenberg | Production Secretary |
| Morton Novak | Gaffer |
| Shelly Bartolini | Scenic Artist |
| Michael Breddan | Assistant Editor |
| Robert Buchman | Producer's Assistant |
| Ralph Rosenblum | Editor |
| Charles Rosen | Production Design |
| Gene Coffin | Costume Design |
| Alan Johnson | Choreographer |
| Alfa-Betty Olsen | Casting Director |
| Betty Todd | Script Supervisor |
| James Dalton | Set Decoration |
| Joe Williams Sr. | Construction Manager |
| Willard W. Goodman | Production Sound Mixer |
| Celia Bryant | Wardrobe Master |
| Alan Heim | Sound Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sidney Glazier | Producer |
| Jack Grossberg | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 31 | 67 | 17 |
| 2024 | 5 | 90 | 111 | 67 |
| 2024 | 6 | 50 | 101 | 29 |
| 2024 | 7 | 27 | 42 | 16 |
| 2024 | 8 | 21 | 36 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 11 |
| 2024 | 11 | 19 | 47 | 10 |
| 2024 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 10 |
| 2025 | 1 | 16 | 28 | 11 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 4 | 936 | 952 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2024 | 11 | 776 | 860 |
**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 fab ... ulous 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.