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TIL Mel Brooks’ “The Producers” was successfully released in Sweden as “Springtime for Hitler”, prompting similar titles for almost all his other films, such as Springtime for Space, Springtime for the Sheriff, Springtime for Frankenstein. (Space Balls, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein)

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