Watch trailer for Duck Soup
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Duck Soup
Director: Leo McCarey Run Time: 69 min. Release Year: 1933
Starring: Margaret Dumont, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Louis Calhern, Racquel Torres
Groucho plays the absurdly unqualified and childish leader of Fredonia—a fictional European country—that brings his nation into war over the attentions of a rich widow (Dumont). As always, in true ‘Marxist’ fashion, the wacky antics and bizarre sight gags mask plenty of biting satirical commentary speaking truth to power. [NH]