
Duck Soup
Sun
23
Sun 23 Nov 1:00 PM
Arc Cinema
Allocated Seating
69 Mins
November
1933 | DCP | USA | D: Leo McCarey
When the European nation of Freedonia faces bankruptcy, American millionaire Mrs Teasdale (Margaret Dumont) bails them out and installs Rufus T Firefly (Groucho Marx) as dictator. When tensions rise with neighbouring Sylvania, he sends in Harpo and Chico as spies.
Capturing US views on European nationalism between the wars, Duck Soup is widely considered the Marx Brothers’ greatest film.
‘[The Marx Brothers] were the instrument that translated what was once essentially a Jewish style of humor into the dominant note of American comedy.’ – Roger Ebert
When the European nation of Freedonia faces bankruptcy, American millionaire Mrs Teasdale (Margaret Dumont) bails them out and installs Rufus T Firefly (Groucho Marx) as dictator. When tensions rise with neighbouring Sylvania, he sends in Harpo and Chico as spies.
Capturing US views on European nationalism between the wars, Duck Soup is widely considered the Marx Brothers’ greatest film.
‘[The Marx Brothers] were the instrument that translated what was once essentially a Jewish style of humor into the dominant note of American comedy.’ – Roger Ebert
November