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!”
Director: Leo McCarey
Producer: Herman J. Mankiewicz
Overview
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
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Cast
Groucho Marx
Rufus T. Firefly
Harpo Marx
Pinky
Chico Marx
Chicolini
Zeppo Marx
Bob Roland
Margaret Dumont
Gloria Teasdale
Raquel Torres
Vera Marcal
Louis Calhern
Ambassador Trentino
Edmund Breese
Zander
Leonid Kinskey
Sylvanian Agitator
Charles Middleton
Prosecutor
Edgar Kennedy
Street Vendor
Edward Arnold
Politician (uncredited)
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Reviews
- K
kineticandroid
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.
- T7.0
tmdb47633491
May 4, 2018
The Marx Bros are to Blockbuster as Monty Python are to Netflix and I mean that in the best way possible
10.0Filipe Manuel Neto
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…
6.0CinemaSerf
March 6, 2026
Ok, so I’m probably in a tiny minority here but I simply didn’t find the Marx brothers’ style of comedy particularly funny, and this didn’t really do much to change that view. This is all set in the tiny nation of “Freedonia” that urgently needs $20 millions to avoid bankruptcy. They can get it from a wealthy benefactr…