

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!
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
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- Language
- English
- ambassador
- dictator
- widow
- spy
- siege
- musical
- lemonade
- cigar smoking
- slapstick comedy
- black and white
- pre-code
- dowager
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)Des Moines, Iowa12 Nov 1933
- TheatricalNR17 Nov 1933
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU7 Dec 1933
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalGVHS22 Feb 1993
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical (limited)UProjekt 10016 Jan 2002
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical2 Apr 1934
FranceFR
- Theatrical2 Mar 1934
ItalyIT
- TVT12 Apr 1972
- TVByoblu29 Nov 2022
JapanJP
- Theatrical27 Jan 1934
MexicoMX
- TheatricalB25 Dec 1951
SpainES
- TheatricalA1 Mar 1939
SwedenSE
- Theatrical7 Apr 1934
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Duck Soup was released on 12 November 1933.
Audience reviews
4- K
kineticandroid
7/10/2014
I never get tired of the idea that someone would think of Groucho Marx is the perfect man to lead a nation into war. Or that Harpo and Chico would be good spies. Or that Zeppo would be interested in another film after this one.
- T7/10
tmdb47633491
5/4/2018
The Marx Bros are to Blockbuster as Monty Python are to Netflix and I mean that in the best way possible
- F10/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
10/16/2023
**I would love to send a copy of the film to Vladimir Putin. Would he understand the gesture?** Who would have thought that this film is almost a hundred years old? I just saw it, and it is fresher and lusher than many vegetables in the supermarket! Many people no longer know who the Marx Brothers are, but a hundred years ago, at a time when there were no internet memes (or the internet), they were the kings of co…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
3/6/2026
Ok, so I’m probably in a tiny minority here but I simply didn’t find the Marx brothers’ style of comedy particularly funny, and this didn’t really do much to change that view. This is all set in the tiny nation of “Freedonia” that urgently needs $20 millions to avoid bankruptcy. They can get it from a wealthy benefactress, “Mrs. Teasdale” (Margaret Dumont) but only if they agree to appoint “Firefly” (Groucho) as thei…
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