Duck Soup (1933)

68 min · Anarchic Comedy Film, Musical, comedy film, musical film

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Directors

Leo McCarey

Cast

Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Raquel Torres, Louis Calhern, Edmund Breese, Leonid Kinskey, Charles Middleton, Edgar Kennedy

The story

Wealthy widow Gloria Teasdale is asked to give twenty million dollars to the small, financially struggling nation of Freedonia; she agrees on the condition that Rufus T. Firefly is appointed the country's leader. Meanwhile, Ambassador Trentino of neighboring Sylvania is scheming to provoke a revolution in Freedonia in order to annex it.

Catalogue themes and tags

Abuse of Power, Agenten, Armee, Assault, Barrikaden, Black Humor, Campaign, Choir, Commander, Defence, Double Agent, Female Spy, Four Brothers, Gauner, Gaunerpaar, General, Harp, Irony, Mirror, Night dress, Palace, Power Takeover, Pyjamas, Spying, War, singen, Black-and-white, Musical, Satire, Pre-Code, Comedy, Political cinema

Genres

Anarchic Comedy Film, Musical, comedy film, musical film

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