Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1933 · 69 min · EN · NR · 7.3 (696 votes)
Dir. Leo McCarey · Starring Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Raquel Torres · Music John Leipold

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!

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

VIBE

Experience pure, unadulterated chaos with this rapid-fire, anarchic comedy. It's a relentless barrage of slapstick, wordplay, and musical absurdity, gleefully skewering authority and the very idea of sense. Expect a riotous, irreverent good time that feels both timeless and wonderfully unhinged.

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