The Producers

(2005)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 535 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 2005

Runtime: 134 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Susan Stroman

Cast: Нэйтан Лейн, Мэттью Бродерик, Ума Турман, Уилл Феррелл, Gary Beach, Роджер Барт, Eileen Essell, Майкл Маккин, Дэвид Хаддлстон, Debra Monk

Plot

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.

New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he's visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler written by escaped Nazi Franz Liebken. Then they get the insanely flamboyant Roger De Bris to direct. Finally, they hire as a lead actress the loopy Swedish bombshell Ulla (whose last name has over 15 syllables). As opening night draws near, what can go wrong? Well, there's no accounting for taste...