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!
7.3(869) 1933-11-12 68 minComedyWar
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
DirectorLeo McCarey
ProducerHerman J. Mankiewicz
WriterHarry Ruby
WriterBert Kalmar
WriterNat Perrin
WriterArthur Sheekman
Original Music ComposerJohn Leipold
Cast & characters
Groucho Marx
as Rufus T. Firefly
Harpo Marx
as Pinky
Chico Marx
as Chicolini
Zeppo Marx
as Bob Roland
Margaret Dumont
as Gloria Teasdale
Raquel Torres
as Vera Marcal
Louis Calhern
as Ambassador Trentino
Edmund Breese
as Zander
Leonid Kinskey
as Sylvanian Agitator
Charles Middleton
as Prosecutor
Edgar Kennedy
as Street Vendor
Edward Arnold
as Politician (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
as Officer at Battle Headquarters (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
as Mrs. Teasdale's Butler (uncredited)
E.H. Calvert
as Officer in Battle Sequence (uncredited)
Davison Clark
as Minister of Finance #2 (uncredited)
Louise Closser Hale
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Carrie Daumery
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Maude Turner Gordon
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Florence Wix
as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
No photo
Mario Dominici
as Minister (uncredited)
No photo
Edmund Mortimer
as Minister (uncredited)
Charles West
as Minister (uncredited)
