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Duck Soup 68 minutes, USA (1933), U
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Duck Soup

The Marx Brothers get into politics in this tale of two small countries at war

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Duck Soup: Is it a deceptively sophisticated political satire or simply one of the great anarchic comedies to emerge from Hollywood? Whichever, under the control of director Leo McCarey, a veteran of Laurel and Hardy and Eddie Cantor comedies, the Marx Brothers have several of their finest moments.

The neighbouring republics of Sylvania and Freedonia are at loggerheads...
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