Duck Soup (1933)

Classic Marx Brothers comedy of two small countries finding themselves on the brink of war.

In this comic masterpiece, the Marx Brothers find themselves caught up in escalating tensions between two small countries – and on different sides. With plenty of bad feeling, spying and personal insults flying between them, it isn’t long before they find themselves on the brink of war.

1933 USA
Directed by
Leo McCarey
Produced by
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Written by
Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
Featuring
The Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx
Running time
70 minutes

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Claude Bertemes
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Serge Bromberg
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Jordan Hoffman
USA
Stefan Jaworzyn
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Richard Kuipers
Australia
Andy Lea
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Jan Lumholdt
Sweden
Tommi Partanen
Finland
Tobias Rydén Sjöstrand
Sweden
Will Sloan
Canada
Dana Stevens
USA
Martin Stollery
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Ana Šturm
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K. F. Watanabe
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Directors

Andrew Bujalski
USA
Sally Potter
Frederick Wiseman
USA

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