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List of The Producers characters
The following are fictional characters from the 1967 film The Producers, the Broadway musical based on it, and the 2005 film adaptation of the musical.
Leopold "Leo" Bloom is a timid and mild-mannered accountant, prone to panic attacks and who keeps a fragment of his childhood blue blanket in his pocket to calm himself. Towards the end of the film, when Leo tries to turn himself in and use his accountant books as evidence, Max stops Leo on the way out the door and steals Leo's books, causing Leo to lose his temper and attack Max in a fit of rage, demanding the books back and repeatedly calling him "fat fatty." Nevertheless, it is Leo who first comes up with the idea of how to make money from a failed play.
The character is named after the protagonist in James Joyce's Ulysses, Leopold Bloom. Wilder's costar Zero Mostel had portrayed Joyce's Bloom on stage in the play Ulysses in Nighttown.
Maximilian "Max" Bialystock is described as selfish, arrogant, fiery, impatient, bullying, charismatic, intimidating, and fast-talking - a man who is only interested in making quick money. Though this is later proven untrue, Max's forceful and loud nature can be quite frightful and bullying. Apparently without scruples, he is willing to do anything to make money (including "shtupping every little old lady in New York") and is often motivated, duplicitous and unwilling to cooperate diplomatically. His name is taken from the Polish city of Białystok.
Ulla is a pretty young Swedish woman who becomes Max's secretary. In the original 1967 film, Ulla is introduced as a "toy" that Max found in the local library, and is a symbol of his newfound affluence. She can speak little English, but is a good go-go dancer, indeed she can dance far better than she can type. She also constantly says "God dag på dig", which means "good day to you" in Swedish (with a faux-Swedish accent), and provides a sexier counterpoint to Max's much older girlfriends.
In both the musical and the film adapted from it, Ulla's role is greatly expanded. She is a stereotypical Swedish woman: tall and beautiful with lovely blonde hair. Ulla introduces herself as a Swedish actress looking for a part in Max and Leo's production of Springtime for Hitler, performing a song she wrote called "When You Got It, Flaunt It". While casting hasn't begun yet, Max and Leo are both taken with her and hire her as their secretary/receptionist. At one point, she paints Max's office entirely white, not understanding the meaning of the phrase "tidy up". She falls in love with Leo, driving a wedge between him and Max, and, following the unwanted success of the musical, the two flee to Rio de Janeiro, leaving Max behind to face punishment. Ulla's full first name is given as Ulla Inga Hansen Benson Yansen Tallen Hallen Svaden Swansson. Her (presumably just as long) surname is not given, but she changes it, upon marrying Leo, to Bloom.
Little of her role in the Springtime for Hitler play is shown, but she plays a showgirl representing the German Imperial Eagle and later appears as Marlene Dietrich. In Max and Leo's second production, Prisoners of Love, she plays the lead prisoner/singer.
Roger Elizabeth De Bris is a flamboyant, overtly gay theatre director and transvestite, described by Max Bialystock as the worst director to have ever lived, and is chosen by Bialystock in an attempt to ensure that Springtime for Hitler will flop. He lives with his equally flamboyant partner Carmen Ghia and his production crew in a house described as an Upper East Side town house in New York. While the musical and the 2005 film clarify his sexuality, it is only implied in the original film. "Roger" is a euphemism for intercourse, and a "bris" is the Jewish circumcision ceremony, while the surname is also a pun on the word "debris".
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List of The Producers characters
The following are fictional characters from the 1967 film The Producers, the Broadway musical based on it, and the 2005 film adaptation of the musical.
Leopold "Leo" Bloom is a timid and mild-mannered accountant, prone to panic attacks and who keeps a fragment of his childhood blue blanket in his pocket to calm himself. Towards the end of the film, when Leo tries to turn himself in and use his accountant books as evidence, Max stops Leo on the way out the door and steals Leo's books, causing Leo to lose his temper and attack Max in a fit of rage, demanding the books back and repeatedly calling him "fat fatty." Nevertheless, it is Leo who first comes up with the idea of how to make money from a failed play.
The character is named after the protagonist in James Joyce's Ulysses, Leopold Bloom. Wilder's costar Zero Mostel had portrayed Joyce's Bloom on stage in the play Ulysses in Nighttown.
Maximilian "Max" Bialystock is described as selfish, arrogant, fiery, impatient, bullying, charismatic, intimidating, and fast-talking - a man who is only interested in making quick money. Though this is later proven untrue, Max's forceful and loud nature can be quite frightful and bullying. Apparently without scruples, he is willing to do anything to make money (including "shtupping every little old lady in New York") and is often motivated, duplicitous and unwilling to cooperate diplomatically. His name is taken from the Polish city of Białystok.
Ulla is a pretty young Swedish woman who becomes Max's secretary. In the original 1967 film, Ulla is introduced as a "toy" that Max found in the local library, and is a symbol of his newfound affluence. She can speak little English, but is a good go-go dancer, indeed she can dance far better than she can type. She also constantly says "God dag på dig", which means "good day to you" in Swedish (with a faux-Swedish accent), and provides a sexier counterpoint to Max's much older girlfriends.
In both the musical and the film adapted from it, Ulla's role is greatly expanded. She is a stereotypical Swedish woman: tall and beautiful with lovely blonde hair. Ulla introduces herself as a Swedish actress looking for a part in Max and Leo's production of Springtime for Hitler, performing a song she wrote called "When You Got It, Flaunt It". While casting hasn't begun yet, Max and Leo are both taken with her and hire her as their secretary/receptionist. At one point, she paints Max's office entirely white, not understanding the meaning of the phrase "tidy up". She falls in love with Leo, driving a wedge between him and Max, and, following the unwanted success of the musical, the two flee to Rio de Janeiro, leaving Max behind to face punishment. Ulla's full first name is given as Ulla Inga Hansen Benson Yansen Tallen Hallen Svaden Swansson. Her (presumably just as long) surname is not given, but she changes it, upon marrying Leo, to Bloom.
Little of her role in the Springtime for Hitler play is shown, but she plays a showgirl representing the German Imperial Eagle and later appears as Marlene Dietrich. In Max and Leo's second production, Prisoners of Love, she plays the lead prisoner/singer.
Roger Elizabeth De Bris is a flamboyant, overtly gay theatre director and transvestite, described by Max Bialystock as the worst director to have ever lived, and is chosen by Bialystock in an attempt to ensure that Springtime for Hitler will flop. He lives with his equally flamboyant partner Carmen Ghia and his production crew in a house described as an Upper East Side town house in New York. While the musical and the 2005 film clarify his sexuality, it is only implied in the original film. "Roger" is a euphemism for intercourse, and a "bris" is the Jewish circumcision ceremony, while the surname is also a pun on the word "debris".