
The Great Dictator(1940)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.


“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.

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

Leonid Kinskey
Sylvanian Agitator

Charles Middleton
Prosecutor
Duck Soup is a comedy, war film released in 1933 exploring themes of ambassador, dictator, widow, spy, siege, musical. Directed by Leo McCarey, it stars Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx. 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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