Fresh
Genius just about covers it.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
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!
1933 · 1h 8m · Approved
Comedy, War
Directed by
Leo McCarey
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Duck Soup
Overview
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Director and cast
- Leo McCarey Director
- Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly
- Harpo Marx as Pinky
- Chico Marx as Chicolini
- Zeppo Marx as Lt. Bob Roland
- Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Gloria Teasdale
- Raquel Torres as Vera Marcal
- Louis Calhern as Ambassador Trentino of Sylvania
- Edmund Breese Cast
- Leonid Kinskey Cast
- Charles Middleton Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Duck Soup should make practically everybody laugh.
Joe Bigelow, Variety
Fresh
The Marx Brothers' best movie...
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
It also includes what is perhaps the Brothers' funniest scene ever: an immaculately timed and performed sequence with a broken mirror in which Groucho, Chico and Harpo look absolutely identical. A masterpiece.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
This production is, for the most part, extremely noisy without being nearly as mirthful as [the Marx brothers'] other films.
Mordaunt Hall, New York Times
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