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Duck Soup (1933)

NR 11/12/1933 Comedy, War 1h 9m
73%
User
Score
7.7/10
91%
93/100

War is swell...when the Marx Brothers are in it. They'll be out of the trenches by Christmas...if the food doesn't improve!

Overview

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.

Leo McCarey

Director

Harry Ruby

Writer

Bert Kalmar

Writer

Nat Perrin

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx

Rufus T. Firefly

Harpo Marx

Harpo Marx

Pinky

Chico Marx

Chico Marx

Chicolini

Zeppo Marx

Zeppo Marx

Bob Roland

Margaret Dumont

Margaret Dumont

Gloria Teasdale

Raquel Torres

Raquel Torres

Vera Marcal

Louis Calhern

Louis Calhern

Ambassador Trentino

Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

Zander

Leonid Kinskey

Leonid Kinskey

Sylvanian Agitator

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Media

Duck Soup ≣ 1933 ≣ Trailer

Duck Soup ≣ 1933 ≣ Trailer

John Landis on DUCK SOUP

John Landis on DUCK SOUP

Duck Soup Trailer

Duck Soup Trailer

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Reviews

A review by kineticandroid

Written on July 10, 2014

I never get tired of the idea that someone would think of Groucho Marx is the perfect man to lead a nation into war. Or that Harpo and Chico would be good spies. Or that Zeppo would be interested in another film after this one....

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A review by tmdb47633491

Written on May 4, 2018

The Marx Bros are to Blockbuster as Monty Python are to Netflix and I mean that in the best way possible...

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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

Written on October 16, 2023

**I would love to send a copy of the film to Vladimir Putin. Would he understand the gesture?**

Who would have thought that this film is almost a hundred years old? I just saw it, and it is fresher and lusher than many vegetables in the supermarket! Many people no longer know who the Marx Brothers are, but a hundred years ago, at a time when there were no internet memes (or the internet), they were the kings of comedy, and it's always worth seeing what they did. They passed away a long time ago, but they left us a polite, intelligent, sharp, accessible humor that the whole family can see.

The film was released in 1933, at a time dominated by the imminent threats of war. It reminds us of our own time, doesn't it? One hundred years later, we continue to make the same mistakes and show ...

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