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Duck Soup (1933)

Poster for Duck Soup

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!

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

Cast & Crew

Director
Leo McCarey
  • Profile picture of Groucho Marx
    Rufus T. Firefly Groucho Marx
  • Profile picture of Harpo Marx
    Pinky Harpo Marx
  • Profile picture of Chico Marx
    Chicolini Chico Marx
  • Profile picture of Zeppo Marx
    Bob Roland Zeppo Marx
  • Profile picture of Margaret Dumont
    Gloria Teasdale Margaret Dumont
  • Profile picture of Raquel Torres
    Vera Marcal Raquel Torres
  • Profile picture of Louis Calhern
    Ambassador Trentino Louis Calhern
  • Profile picture of Edmund Breese
    Zander Edmund Breese

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Keywords

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  • dictator
  • widow
  • spy
  • siege
  • musical
  • lemonade
  • cigar smoking
  • slapstick comedy
  • black and white
  • pre-code
  • dowager
  • fictitious country
  • geofiction