Duck Soup (1933) - (Movie Clip) Mirror Pantomime

Duck Soup - (Original Trailer)

In Duck Soup (1933), their masterpiece and one of the greatest comedies of all time, The Marx Brothers take over the tiny nation of Freedonia.

Duck Soup (1933) -- (Movie Clip) A Rufus Over Your Head

Now head of state in Freedonia, Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) gets a lift (from brother Harpo) to the tea party hosted by the widow Teasdale (Margaret Dumont), who is financing his government, and bamboozles foreign rival Trentino (Louis Calhern), in Duck Soup, 1933.

Duck Soup (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Where's My Stradivarius?

Now at war with nearby Sylvania, Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly leads his country (Freedonia) in battle, his brother Zeppo his assistant, then his other brother Chico as the double-dealing Chicolini, his secretary of war, for the moment, in Duck Soup, 1933.

Duck Soup (1933) -- (Movie Clip) His Excellency Is Due

Zeppo Marx and Margaret Dumont start the song (by Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar) but Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) makes his own entrance, whereupon she tells us why she’s wants him to lead the nation of Freedonia, which she’s financing, early in Duck Soup, 1933.

Duck Soup (1933) -- (Movie Clip) These Are My Spies

Louis Calhern is the evil Trentino of Sylvania, aiming to stir unrest in neighboring Freedonia (where Rufus T. Firefly, played by Groucho Marx, has just been made head of state), but he’s in trouble because his spies are Groucho’s brothers, Chico and Harpo, in Duck Soup, 1933.