1967
Down-on-his-luck Broadway producer Max Bialystock and timid accountant Leo Bloom realize they can make more money with a flop than a hit. They conspire to produce the worst play ever, 'Springtime for Hitler', written by an eccentric Nazi sympathizer and directed by a flamboyant cross-dresser. Despite their best efforts to create a disaster, the audience misinterprets the play as satire, turning it into an unexpected smash hit. Max and Leo are arrested for fraud but find success and happiness producing plays while imprisoned in Sing Sing.
Save the Cat beat sheet
In these opening scenes of The Producers, sleazy impresario Max Bialystock scams an elderly investor for theatrical funds until accountant Leo Bloom arrives to audit the books.
Open full beat sheetMax Bialystock is listed as Theatrical Producer. A struggling, desperate theatrical producer prone to extreme emotional outbursts and financial fraud. In the parsed data, Max Bialystock is connected to 4 scenes, first appearing around scene 1.
4 scenes / 0 dialogue linesUNKNOWN is identified from the parsed character and dialogue data. In the parsed data, UNKNOWN is connected to 2 scenes, 5 dialogue lines, first appearing around scene 1.
2 scenes / 5 dialogue linesLeo Bloom is listed as Accountant. A nervous, timid accountant who becomes Bialystock's business partner. In the parsed data, Leo Bloom is connected to 2 scenes, 1 text mention, first appearing around scene 3.
2 scenes / 0 dialogue linesLittle Old Lady is listed as Investor. One of many elderly women who provide capital for Bialystock's plays in exchange for romantic roleplay. In the parsed data, Little Old Lady is connected to 2 scenes, first appearing around scene 1.
2 scenes / 0 dialogue linesCarmen Giya is listed as Private Secretary. Roger De Bris' secretary.
0 scenes / 0 dialogue linesCustard Man is listed as Vendor. An employee at Coney Island.
0 scenes / 0 dialogue linesDrunk is listed as Patron. An inebriated man in the bar who inadvertently blows up the theatre.
0 scenes / 0 dialogue linesFranz Liebkind is listed as Playwright. A Nazi sympathizer who wrote 'Springtime For Hitler'.
0 scenes / 0 dialogue linesLandlord is listed as Property Manager. The person who collects rent from Bialystock.
0 scenes / 0 dialogue linesLorenzo Saint DuBois is listed as Actor. An eccentric, long-haired auditionee who wins the role of Hitler.
0 scenes / 0 dialogue linesMurray the Blindman is listed as Street Vendor. A blind beggar who lends money to Bialystock.
0 scenes / 0 dialogue linesRoger De Bris is listed as Director. An eccentric and flamboyant theatre director.
0 scenes / 0 dialogue linesSuperintendent is listed as Building Manager. The woman who manages the tenement where Liebkind lives.
0 scenes / 0 dialogue linesUlla is listed as Receptionist. Bialystock and Bloom's Swedish receptionist.
0 scenes / 0 dialogue linesMax Bialystock bids farewell to a Little Old Lady after she hands him a check for his next production.
Max Bialystock, Little Old LadyBialystock files the photo of the investor and reflects on his process.
Max BialystockBialystock engages in a romantic roleplay with a Little Old Lady, interrupted by the arrival of Leo Bloom.
Max Bialystock, Little Old Lady, Leo BloomBloom introduces himself as an accountant and discovers the discrepancy in the books.
Max Bialystock, Leo BloomI'm Leo Bloom, I'm an accountant, I'm from Whitehall and Marks, I was sent here to do your books.
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