The Producers is a 1968 American satirical comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks. The film stars Zero Mostel as Max Bialystock, the producer, and Gene Wilder as Leo Bloom, the accountant, and features Dick Shawn as L.S.D., the actor who ends up playing the lead in the musical within the movie, and Kenneth Mars as former Nazi soldier and playwright, Franz Liebkind.
The Producers was the first film directed by Mel Brooks.