Duck Soup (1933)
Duck Soup (1933)
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Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Groucho Marx
Rufus T. Firefly
Harpo Marx
Pinky
Chico Marx
Chicolini
Zeppo Marx
Bob Roland
Margaret Dumont
Gloria Teasdale
Raquel Torres
Vera Marcal
Louis Calhern
Ambassador Trentino
Edmund Breese
Zander
Charles Middleton
Prosecutor
Leonid Kinskey
Sylvanian Agitator
Edgar Kennedy
Street Vendor
Edward Arnold
Politician (uncredited)
Leo McCarey
Director
Bert Kalmar
Writer
Wade Boteler
Officer at Battle Headquarters (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)
Harry Ruby
Writer
Arthur Sheekman
Writer
E.H. Calvert
Officer in Battle Sequence (uncredited)
Davison Clark
Minister of Finance #2 (uncredited)
Nat Perrin
Writer
Louise Closser Hale
Reception Guest (uncredited)
Henry Sharp
Cinematographer
Carrie Daumery
Reception Guest (uncredited)
Maude Turner Gordon
Reception Guest (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Reception Guest (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
Mario Dominici
Minister (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Minister (uncredited)
Charles West
Minister (uncredited)
Verna Hillie
Trentino's Blonde Secretary (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Secretary of Labor (uncredited)
George MacQuarrie
First Judge (uncredited)
Frederick Sullivan
Second Judge (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Third Judge (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Freedonia's Secretary of War #1 (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Bridegroom at Firefly's Reception (uncredited)
Leo Sulky
Agitator (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
A Palace Guard (uncredited) / Stunts
William Worthington
First Minister of Finance (uncredited)
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Duck Soup is a 1933 American pre-Code musical black comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin, directed by Leo McCarey. Released by Paramount Pictures on November 17, 1933, it stars the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo in his final film appearance) and also features Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern, Raquel Torres and Edgar Kennedy. Duck Soup was the last of five Marx Brothers films released by Paramount Pictures. Groucho portrays the newly installed president of the fictional country of Freedonia. Zeppo is his secretary, while Chico and Harpo are spies for the neighboring country of Sylvania. Relations between Groucho and the Sylvanian ambassador deteriorate during the film, and they go to war at the conclusion.
Compared to the Marx Brothers' previous films, Duck Soup was a box office disappointment, though not entirely a "flop" as is sometimes reported. The film opened to mixed reviews, although this by itself did not end the group's association with Paramount. Bitter contract disputes, including a threatened boycott by the Marxes, soured their negotiations with Paramount just as Duck Soup went into production. After the film fulfilled their five-picture obligation to the studio, the Marxes and Paramount agreed to part ways.While contemporaneous critics of Duck Soup felt it did not quite rise to the level of its predecessors, critical opinion has evolved and the film has since achieved the status of a classic. Duck Soup is now widely considered among many critics and fans to be a masterpiece of comedy as well as the Marx Brothers' finest film.In 1990, the United States Library of Congress deemed Duck Soup "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.