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Duck Soup
Directed by Leo McCarey • 1933 • 68m • ★ 7.3
Comedy
War
Director
Leo McCarey
Writer
Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar, Nat Perrin, Arthur Sheekman
Cast
Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Raquel Torres, Louis Calhern, Edmund Breese, Leonid Kinskey, Charles Middleton
Year
1933
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Rated
NR
ambassador
dictator
widow
spy
siege
musical
lemonade
cigar smoking
slapstick comedy
black and white
pre-code
dowager
fictitious country
geofiction
absurd
witty
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Summary
Rufus T. Firefly, appointed leader of a fictional country on the brink of bankruptcy, upends the rules of diplomacy amid a cloud of cigar smoke while escalating tensions with a neighboring country. Directed by Leo McCarey, this absurdist war comedy cleverly satirizes the concept of authority. With its boundary-pushing slapstick humor and sharp satire, this on-screen chaos drags the audience into an anarchic atmosphere where logic is completely suspended. Amid this disorder, where no rules apply, a dark order filled with laughter emerges.
Awards
3 wins & 2 nominations total
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