The Producers (1967 film) Glazier budgeted the film at $1 million, and sought financiers. Half the money came from philanthropist Louis Wolfson, who liked the idea of laughing at a dictator, and the remainder, along with the distribution, was arranged by Joseph E. Levine of Embassy Pictures. Levine's only condition was to change the title, as he felt many distributors would not carry a picture named "Springtime for Hitler." Brooks renamed it "The Producers," considering it ironic as "these guys are anything but producers." As Brooks "couldn't think of anybody to direct it," eventually he decided to take the task for himself, even though
The Shield and the Sword (film) The Shield and the Sword (film) The Shield and the Sword () is a 1968 Soviet spy series with four parts directed by Vladimir Basov. It is based on a novel by Vadim Kozhevnikov, who was Secretary of the Soviet Writers' Union. It was a highly influential movie in the Soviet Union, inspiring many, Vladimir Putin for instance, to join the KGB. The song "What Does Motherland Begin With?" (""), sung by Mark Bernes, that was main musical theme of each film in the series, became well known in the USSR. The year is 1940 and Nazi Germany is at