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The result of all of this is a cheerfully upbeat and utterly tasteless musical play purporting to be about the happy home life of a brutal dictator.

It opens with a lavish production of the title song, " Springtime For Hitler ", which celebrates Nazi Germany crushing Europe (" Springtime for Hitler and Germany / Winter for Poland and France ").

Unfortunately for Bialystock and Bloom, their attempt backfires as, after initial dumbfounded disbelief, the audience finds L. S. D.

's beatnik-like portrayal ( and misunderstanding of the story ) to be hilarious and misinterpret the production as a satire.

Springtime For Hitler is declared a smash-hit, which means, of course, the investors will be expecting a larger financial return than can be paid out.